Since sharpening exaggerates small defects, I had to do some additional spot removal using the Clone tool. You can learn much more about sharpening in Understanding image sharpness part 2 . Here is the final image, ready to print . I won't claim this image is earth-shakingly great, but it's beautiful, satisfying and sharp. It does a fine job of capturing my experience of the aspens, pines, transient sunlight, layers of mountains and threatening storm clouds.
Manipulations are similar, except there are no color controls.
Printing is virtually the same. This will result in better ink coverage and much richer tones in the print. Check Ron Harris for more details. Matting and framing I can't blame anyone for sending out prints for matting and framing. It's tedious and time-consuming.