Printing
All images are printed on a Hewlett Packard DesignJet 130 printer on “Premium Plus Photo Satin” paper using HP inks. This printer has very good performance and has a built in closed loop colour monitoring system. This allows very consistent print quality. I use a monitor calibrated with an Xrite i1 calibration system using the efi ES-1000s spectrophotometer. The image is calibrated between monitor and print and produces a very close correspondence between my viewed image and the final print. Both monitor and printer are calibrated to give more accurate and wider range of colours. Some results from the calibration of my system are shown here. The DesignJet prints have good permanence. Independent tests by Wilhelm research give 82 years for prints framed under glass, 100 years for prints framed with a UV filter and greater than 200 years for dark stored prints. This is much better than for most wet process photographic prints.
Please note that the size of the print is approximate. Prints are made on 18" or 24" wide rolls. Some margin must be left at the edges for the printer operation and mounting of the prints with a matte. I sign and date each print on the white border. I do not believe in doing limited editions. This made sense with etchings, lithographs, etc. where the print quality varies with how often the master image is used. This is definitely not the case for digital images.
"Miniprints"
These are my idea to allow a customer to get an example of the print at the least cost. These are printed on 18" roll paper resulting in an image of approximately 17" length and whatever the width that that produces. The prints are printed on the same paper and printer as the larger prints, so give a very good idea of the print quality to expect in larger prints.
Each print is made to order. Please e-mail for a quote on sizes or quantities different from those shown. I can get the prints made in a “wet” photographic process that uses three colour lasers to expose colour photographic paper, but this adds considerably to cost and turn around time. Again please ask for a quote.
Prints are sent in a roll by the normal postal service in the UK or US. As always ask if you need some alternative.
