Damien Symonds

How did you go?

How did you go?

Um ... MaryLou?

I urge you to take a screenshot, or a series of screenshots if necessary, of the print settings that are working for you right now. To refer back to if a problem pops up again, you know?

Hooray!

Right. So the only possible explanation is that you DIDN'T have the print settings exactly the same when printing the indoor one by itself. I know you said you were sure you did, but I don't see how there can possibly be any other explanation. I bet that if you copied and pasted ANY of your new photos onto this old photo, they would all print correctly. So that means the old photo has the exact correct print settings attached.

Ok. So what if you literally copied and pasted the indoor one onto the outdoor one, then printed?

Which one prints correctly? The indoor one or the outdoor one?

That'll do. So are you saying that if you printed those two photos right now, one would match your screen and the other wouldn't?

Ok, could you send me an old file and a new file?

We'll come back to those. Has sRGB fixed the problem in other cases?

Bingo.

For the old files, yes. What about the new ones?

HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! In that case, then you'll probably find the new problem is here.

The same as the old print of the same photo, do you mean?

Good guess

It's called "Chromatic aberration", and you can fix it like this: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/12/fixing-chromatic-aberration.html It happens, sometimes, on edges of high contrast, and I believe some lenses are more prone to it than others. Some really good info about CA from Brian in this post.

No really, I need the EXACT SAME FILE printed again.

Oh, hooray!!!! You're welcome.

Darn, I was afraid of that. May I see it?

That would be great, thanks. I think you just answered my next question, too - you've gone from one iMac to another one, is that right?

Is it too late to ask you to take a photo of the two prints side by side (old and new from that file) to show me?

That's critical to our troubleshooting. New files don't count right now, only old ones do. Go ahead and print one now.

But you're saying that if you re-print one of those old photos now, with exactly the same settings (as far as you know) that you used with the old computer, the print outcome is different?

Ok. And does the new screen match the old prints?