Graphics Programs Reference
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produce your prints for you. This is a wonderful way to output digital i les
onto traditional photographic archival materials. Having someone else
do the work for you is a great advantage, however it does also take your
hands and artistic interpretation out of the print making process. You will
have to consult a service provider near you for information and pricing.
2. Digital negatives: Images are inverted to negative form in Photoshop
and printed on a clear acetate in traditional chemical processes. The
greatest advantage the digital negative provides is getting to work with
traditional chemical processes and papers; a beautiful marriage of the
strengths of the two mediums, and one of my personal favorites! For more
in-depth information, take a workshop in making digital negatives, with us
at Santa Fe Digital Darkroom or check out Dan Burkholder's book Making
Digital Negatives .
Digital negatives can be made in two ways. The i rst requires working with a
service bureau that can output your i les as negatives onto lithographic i lm
with a halftone screen. These negatives print extremely consistently, however
some of the disadvantages include poor enlargement capacity, as one would
be required to make new i lm for each enlargement to keep the dot structure
intact. Although more expensive, a service bureau can also output using
Light Value Technology, aka LVT, onto real i lm like T-Max or Plus-X with all
the advantages that real i lm has to of er. The second method, much less
expensive and time-consuming, utilizes the inkjet printer to output the i le
as a negative onto a transparent substrate such as Pictorico. If you know your
way around the traditional processes of silver, platinum, palladium, Ziatype,
etc., this is an extraordinarily fun and fabulous way to make mind-blowing
prints with both mediums and produce consistent results every time!
3. Iris: digital print by Pro: As the i rst large format printer capable of
producing a highly rei ned i ne art print, the Iris printer is in a class all
by itself. The Iris uses inkjet technology to produce fairly consistent,
continuous-tone, photorealistic output on several varieties of paper,
canvas, silk, linen and other low-i ber textiles. Iris prints are widely noted
for their color accuracy and ability to match printing and prooi ng
standards. They are also known for their superior dynamic range in
reproduction of shadow information as well as for their low-cost inks
compared to other technologies. The Iris printer is also typically a fairly
expensive machine that is quite dii cult to maintain and requires a rather
specialized CMYK skill set. Today, with more simplii ed technologies, more
professionals are moving away from the Iris, giving the Iris the noteworthy
status of the digital “alternative” process.
The Iris printer has the unique ability to print on natural surfaces, rather than
papers with coating, which is one of its many selling points for the Fine Art
printer. Desktop printers use glycols in their ink sets which are designed
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