Image posterization in photoshop/lightroom on calibrated monitor

Here are some steps you can take to improve the print quality:

Calibrate Your Monitor:
The most common reason for prints appearing darker than the display is a mismatch between the monitor and the print. Your display should be adjusted to match the print, not the other way around.
Ensure that your monitor is properly calibrated. Use professional image editing applications like Photoshop or Lightroom to soft-proof your images. Soft proofing allows the display to simulate how the print will look.
Adjust your monitor's brightness, gamma, and color temperature to match the desired print output.

Check Your Editing Software Settings:
In Photoshop or other photo-editing apps, review your soft proofing settings. Make sure you're using the correct working space profile (such as Adobe RGB) and that it accurately represents how the image will appear when printed.
Soft proofing helps you visualize how the print will look based on the printer's ICC profile.

Printer Settings and ICC Profiles:
Understand that your printer operates independently of the display. It prints directly from the image stored on your computer's hard drive, not from the display.
The printer has no knowledge of what the display is showing. It uses its own ICC profiles to interpret colors.
Make sure you're using the correct ICC profile for your printer and paper type.

Color Management:
Color management ensures consistency between devices (display, printer, etc.). Properly managed color workflows help achieve accurate prints.
Consult your printer's user manual or online resources for specific color management instructions.

Print Test images:
Print test images with varying colors and gradients. Observe if there's a consistent issue (such as overall darkness or color shifts).
Adjust printer settings, such as brightness, contrast, and color balance, to achieve better results.

Paper and Ink Quality:
Use high-quality photo paper designed for inkjet or laser printers.
Ensure your ink cartridges are not expired or low on ink.
Remember that your display and printer use different technologies (transmitted light vs. reflected light) and have distinct color gamuts. Calibrating your monitor and understanding color management will help bridge the gap between what you see on the screen and what you get in your prints.

For detailed instructions specific to your OKI C9300 printer, refer to the user manual. What follows is how to install ICC profiles. The profile may be making your print darker.

For Windows Users:
Download the ICC Profile:
Visit the website of your paper manufacturer or other trusted sources.
Locate and download the relevant ICC profile for your printer, ink, and paper combination.
Save the profile to a convenient location (e.g., My Documents or Desktop).
Install the ICC Profile:
Right-click on the saved ICC profile file (it should appear as an RGB triangle).
Choose "Install Profile" from the context menu.
Alternatively, if you can't add the profile directly, copy it to this folder: C:/Windows/system32/spool/drivers/color.
Adjust Color Management Settings:
Open the Control Panel.
Navigate to Color Management.
Tick the "Use my settings for this device" option.
Click "Add..." and select the installed ICC profile.
In the Advanced tab, click "Change system defaults", then choose "Use Windows display calibration".
Close all windows. That's it. You are ready to rock.

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My reaction is that these devises are not calibrated to some NBS standard. They are made to exacting standards and you seem well versed in their adjustment. That is exactly what has to be done. Make the adjustments needed to display the same color according to your needs. For Apple to manufacture to a standard that stringent they would likely be 5X the price.

check your image mode.. click image, then mode, then cmyk color.

The lightroom library, the quick collection, only shows a image of the file- basically a thumbnail. If you move a file that has already been imported to lightroom around your computer- say you take images from your camera and put them in a folder on desktop, then drag them to lightroom. Lightroom will then refrence those images to that folder on the desktop, if you move that folder to "my pictures" lightroom won't know they've moved. Though i think the ? option would have found them, not a 100% sure on that.
What may have happened is either the files have been renamed since being put into the lightroom library, or they were taken into lightroom from a portable device which you haven't got plugged in. Easiest way to find this out is to right click one of the images that is missing, and select "show in explorer" this will give you the file path, you'll be able to see if the image originally came from your hard drive, or a disconnected memory card- I'd suggest going to this folder outside of lightroom and having a look- your picture may well be there just renamed.

If the file has been renamed or moved around your computer, the easiest way to find it is to run a image search, in windows start menu --> search--->pictures. Check all the boxes so that you search the whole computer, go make a cup o tea cause the search can take a long time and will throw up anything that is in any way a image file. But you will hopefully see the image your after. If its there right click it and click open containing folder then you can put it back into lightroom.

If it is not there and the show in explorer option from lightroom told you that the image was on your harddrive means the image may well be lost. I don't know of a way to use the library image stored in lightroom to make a usable file that you can use.

Best of luck.

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PIM uses the exif-info in your original jpg. I'm not sure, but I think if you edit the picture this exif becomes useless (because it relates to the original), even if you save the file including the exif-info. Also, you apparently you need additional printing software to make use of PIM. This was in the news on this site sometime ago. If you search, you can find out where to download this software. If you've got photoshop, you should also have a program called adobe gamma. With this you can calibrate your monitor. You should be able to find it under start->configuration. When you have calibrated your monitor, you should of course not use the settings on your printer that push up the saturation/contrast of your images, or else you will get Disney-colors. (I made the mistake of using 'digital camera correction' on the 1270 myself). I get good results printing from photoshop, with a calibrated monitor as well as some media profiles for the paper I use (just calibrating your monitor will probably be enough to get pictures that are close to what is on the screen, I just haven't tried that yet). If you want to calibrate your monitor, there are some good tips on http://come.to/digitaldarkroom. (it's where I got what I know about this). Btw, I cant seem to reach the site right now, but it will probably be up again in a few hours.

When you take pictures under certain artificial lighting conditions, the colors may be slightly distorted. You can use your Image Expert software to adjust the colors.