Quality Printing

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Just a few years ago, my printing was limited to finding the best lab I could for my prints. When I lived in Los Angeles, I was fortunate enough to live near Colortek in Culver City, top lab who serviced top L.A. clients.

When I moved to Tucson, I found the lab Photographic Works to be very similar to Colortek in terms of services and quality.

But then I discovered the video tutorial from Luminous Landscape, From Camera to Print. In this video series, Michael Reichmann and Jeff Schewe introduce the viewer to the process of getting a good quality image out of the camera and onto a quality print. This video series is worth watching by any photographer serious about trying to print their own work.

Camera to Print convinced me to invest in an Epson 3800 printer. This outstanding 17" printer can produce prints up to 17"x22" in size. It has recently been replaced by the updated Epson 3880.

This printer has enabled me to produce high quality, fine art prints for my clients, at a lower cost than labs can, at equal or higher quality. By producing my own prints, I can control the quality and appearance of the final output.

A key component of producing your own prints is choosing a quality paper. There are hundreds of choices here. An excellent resource I have found is the company Shades of Paper. Shades of Paper provides an outstanding selection of fine photographic papers, printers,and supplies with excellent customer service.

The papers I have settled on for most of my work are the Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta and Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl . But in the future, I will continue to evaluate other papers.

One way to start exploring paper choices to purchase a paper sampler pack. Most of the larger paper manufacturers offer such sampler packs.

The next step for my printing? Perhaps one of these!

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This page contains a single entry by Rick Paul published on September 25, 2009 3:42 AM.

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