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I have calibrated my Dell monitor with EyeOne Display 2. The profile created by the EyeOne Display 2 is in the standard location "C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color". This profile has been set as the default profile for the monitor.

I edit from RAW pictures in LR. Once I am satisfied with the colors, then exported pictures to JPEG using SRGB profile and the "EyeOneXXX.icc" profile calibrated using EyeOne Display 2.

The pictures that got exported using "EyeOneXXX.icc" when viewed in a color management enabled FireFox browser look identical to what I see in the Lightroom. The pictures that got exported using "SRGB" has little less saturation when viewed in color management enabled Firefox browser than that looks in the LightRoom. What is the reason for this difference.

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Usually how should I export i.e. should I export to SRGB or monitor calibrated profile when I need to send them to print at Costco.

Also, Costco has their printer profiles online. Should we use it soft proof it or should we use it when exporting to JPEGs in LR.
 
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chandramohanp said:
The pictures that got exported using "EyeOneXXX.icc" when viewed in a color management enabled FireFox browser look identical to what I see in the Lightroom. The pictures that got exported using "SRGB" has little less saturation when viewed in color management enabled Firefox browser than that looks in the LightRoom. What is the reason for this difference.
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It's inappropriate to apply your monitor profile on export, though it's not surprising that it looks the same in a color-managed environment.

It's harder to explain why the sRGB file looks different. It shouldn't. Perhaps the sRGB profile on your computer is corrupt, as unlikely as that sounds. I can't come up with any other explanation.
 
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I started to reply to this yesterday and got distracted.

1) I'm with Mark, except I'm not sure how you're applying the monitor profile on export, can you explain the steps?
2) For the Costco profiles, you can:
a) use them to softproof in a capable app such as recent PS versions
b) use Lr's 'Print to JPG file' functionality with the Costco profile selected as the applied profile. That's all selectable towards the bottom of the Right Hand Panel of the Print Module.

Might be worth a few test prints at Costco, before commiting to an expensive run.
 
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I think my calibration device EyeOne Display 2 is defective. It always meaures current temperature to 22''K even on monitors I was able to successfully calibrate to 5'''K before using EyeOne Display 2 device which I got from my friend.

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