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Improve the quality of printed iPhoto books
Authored by: Old Toad on Jul 20, '05 11:25:13AM

A very easy way to edit the iPhoto preference file is to use Pref Setter (you can get it thru VersionTracker.com). It automatically lists all the preference files for you to choose from.

As far as the book quality is concerned, I've ordered a couple large sized books and a couple of medium sized ones. The large sized, whether at the default dpi or the enhanced dpi, came out very good. The two medium sized books were ordered at the 300 dip setting and the pictures, under close inspection, had the halftone effect like you see in newspaper photos. At normal viewing distances it was not too noticeable but if you got close it was obvious.

Obviously Apple's supplier uses different printing techniques for the large than for the medium or small books.



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Improve the quality of printed iPhoto books
Authored by: MAC-Gyver on Jul 20, '05 11:32:00AM

Only slightly off topic, but on average how long (after placing the order) did it take you to get your iPhoto book in the mail?

And do they have any sort of return policy if the book looks like crap?



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Improve the quality of printed iPhoto books
Authored by: leandro on Jul 21, '05 12:55:14AM

usually less then a week. and yes you can get it returned. you just have to be nice and plead your case via email. I'm sending two books back because not only were several images dark, even after making them very light per their suggestions and the cover image wasn't even centered correctly. They're going to credit me back the full amount (incl. shipping) and they emailed me a fedex return slip. Its funny though, I did my first book in december for a gift and it looked wonderful, most of the images came from a 2 megapixel camera & it was the large hard cover. The ones that I sending back, and another one that I ordered a few months back both had some serious printing issues, and a lot of the images came from dslr. Its been frustrating.



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Improve the quality of printed iPhoto books
Authored by: MAC-Gyver on Jul 21, '05 10:03:59AM

Sounds like its hit or miss... the book I just submitted came from a 2megapix camera... so we shall see in a week or so.



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