Flat poor results from my images

[Catherine]

I can't seem to get my work flow going that will produce nice  sharp clean images when having them printed. They look great on my screen which is calibrated but not on a print. I know it is something i am doing but not sure what or how I can fix it!. 

[Christina Keddie]

Can you explain what the difference is between what you see on your screen and what you see in a print?  

Also: if you're seeing a difference between your screen and a print, then you're not properly calibrated, I'm afraid.  Have you followed Damien's instructions on calibrating your screen?  http://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration.html

[Catherine]

 They look very flat  with no punch to them and slightly darker.Almost like they have a matte over them. A friend helped me out to calibrate so no it was not Damiens way.

[Christina Keddie]

OK, first: are you sure that your files are in sRGB?  Go through *every* single step of this troubleshooter: http://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Second: once you're confident you sent sRGB files to your lab to print, then grab those sRGB prints and follow Damien's instructions to properly calibrate your screen.

[Catherine]

Thank you will try this.