Digital colored corrected prints produced from colored film

A method of making digital colored prints from digital images stored on a removable storage medium by a printer operated by enabling software, the original images being provided on a colored film original, comprising the steps of:

• a) scanning the colored film original to produce a digital file representing a colored digital image;
• b) storing the digital file in a first memory;
• c) adjusting the color content of the stored digital image in the file in the first memory to produce a colored adjusted digital image, such adjustments including correcting for under and overexposed portions of the colored digital image, tone scale, and color correction;
• d) transferring the color adjusted digital file and the printing enabling software to the removable storage medium;
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• e) using the printing enabling software stored on the removable storage medium to produce a user selected menu so that the user can select a particular printer transform;
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• f) operating the printer using the selected printer transform to operate on the color adjusted digital file stored on the removable storage medium to produce a transformed digital image in the printer which produces a print.

A method of providing a colored adjusted digital file which can be used to make prints by a particular printer operated by enabling software stored on the removable storage medium, the original images being provided on a colored film original, comprising the steps of:

• a) scanning the colored film original to produce a digital file representing a colored digital image;
• b) adjusting the color content of the digital file to produce a colored adjusted digital file, such adjustments including one of correcting for under and overexposed portions of the colored digital file, tone scale, and color correction;
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• c) transferring the color adjusted digital file and the printing enabling software to the removable storage medium which can be used by a printer to operate on the color adjusted digital file to produce a print.

A memory storage product, comprising a removable storage medium for a printer produced by the steps comprising:

• a) scanning the colored film original to produce a digital file representing a colored digital image;
• b) adjusting the color content of the stored digital file in the first memory to produce a colored adjusted digital file, such adjustments including one of correcting for under and overexposed portions of the colored digital file, tone scale, and color correction;
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• d) transferring the color adjusted digital file and the printing enabling software to the removable storage medium which can be used by a printer to operate on the color adjusted digital file to produce a transformed digital file and a print corresponding to such transformed digital file.