“It’s all concerning the print.” I’ve believed that because the first time I held a print of one in every of my images, and the sensation has solely elevated with time. I couldn’t probably deny the ability of a superb digital picture, however the tangible nature of a high quality print will all the time reign supreme. That’s why I’m so excited proper now!
Please welcome… Images Life’s new photograph printer!
We didn’t get simply any printer, however one in every of solely three commercially out there printers that gives a whopping twelve completely different colours of ink. Whereas most coloration printers solely have 4 – CMYK, which stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black – our new printer consists of cyan, mild cyan, vivid magenta, vivid mild magenta, yellow, orange, inexperienced, violet, matte black, photograph black, grey, and lightweight grey. (I’m particularly excited concerning the distinctive orange and inexperienced inks given how usually these colours present up in my panorama pictures, and for the 4 completely different shades of grey for B&W prints.)
If all of that appears like an advert for the printer we purchased, sadly, it’s not. All of this gear has been a serious funding on our half and isn’t one thing Images Life is doing in collaboration with Epson or anybody else. I’ll spare you the total listing of drugs right now (that’ll be for a later publish), however I do wish to point out that – together with the printer and world-class coloration calibration gear – we additionally bought greater than 80 distinctive kinds of photograph paper to match their qualities and assess the colour gamut of every one paired with our printer.
Overkill? Possibly so, however I knew that our group wouldn’t be happy with this endeavor until we did it the best means. We set our sights on the very best high quality prints that may be achieved right now, and that’s been our guiding mild because the first day of this mission.
In fact, identical to in pictures, what’s much more vital is the talent of the operator. I’ve already been conducting intensive analysis during the last two years and making check prints from business labs, however that kind of factor solely will get you to this point. Now that the brand new printer has a house in our studio, it’s time to check its capabilities in particular person and push our data so far as potential as a way to take advantage of extraordinary prints we are able to create.
By the best way, I had deliberate to take much more images of the printer’s arrival and the entire means of shifting it, however you know the way plans go. Bringing this monster up a flight of stairs and into our studio was an all-hands-on-deck second! Actually, the delivery firm says the bundle weighed 341 kilos – north of 150 kilos – and primarily based on the state of my arms proper now, I consider them. (We had deliberate to maneuver it with 4 individuals, however one of many movers I employed was a no-show, so we needed to make do with three.)
As for our objectives with the printer? Some Images Life readers could have heard whispers concerning the printing enterprise that we’re beginning, however this goes past that. As soon as every part is examined and working easily, we’re additionally going to make use of this printer for paper evaluations, printer comparisons, our group’s personal wonderful artwork prints, and even artwork reproductions for museums. A few of that can occur fairly quickly, so maintain an eye fixed out on the Images Life homepage for extra print-related content material coming your means!