Our Printer Is Here!

“It’s all about the print.” I’ve believed that because the first time I held a print of one in all my images, and the sensation has solely elevated with time. I couldn’t probably deny the facility of a great digital picture, however the tangible nature of a high quality print will at all times reign supreme. That’s why I’m so excited proper now!

Please welcome… Photography Life’s new picture printer!

We didn’t get simply any printer, however one in all solely three commercially out there printers that provides a whopping twelve completely different colours of ink. Whereas most shade 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, picture black, grey, and light-weight grey. (I’m particularly excited in regards to the distinctive orange and inexperienced inks given how usually these colours present up in my panorama images, and for the 4 completely different shades of grey for B&W prints.)

If all of that seems like an advert for the printer we purchased, sadly, it’s not. All of this tools has been a significant funding on our half and isn’t one thing Photography Life is doing in collaboration with Epson or anybody else. I’ll spare you the total checklist of drugs right now (that’ll be for a later submit), however I do need to point out that – together with the printer and world-class shade calibration tools – we additionally bought greater than 80 distinctive varieties of picture paper to match their qualities and assess the colour gamut of every one paired with our printer.

Overkill? Maybe so, however I knew that our group wouldn’t be happy with this endeavor except we did it the proper 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 venture.

Of course, similar to in images, what’s much more essential is the ability of the operator. I’ve already been conducting intensive analysis over the past two years and making check prints from business labs, however that type of factor solely will get you thus far. 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 information 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 technique 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! In truth, the delivery firm says the bundle weighed 341 kilos – north of 150 kilos – and based mostly on the state of my arms proper now, I imagine them. (We had deliberate to maneuver it with 4 folks, 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 Photography Life readers could have heard whispers in regards to the printing enterprise that we’re beginning, however this goes past that. Once all the things is examined and working easily, we’re additionally going to make use of this printer for paper opinions, printer comparisons, our group’s personal high-quality artwork prints, and even artwork reproductions for museums. Some of that may occur fairly quickly, so hold a watch out on the Photography Life homepage for extra print-related content material coming your means!