Archive for the 'Inkjet printing' Category

Green photographic papers

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Quite often when you read about new inkjet papers, most of the discussion is centered around characteristics such as DMax, gamut, archivalness, optical brighteners, feel, weight, durability, etc, etc.   It is disappointing that you don’t read a lot about sustainability.   Afterall, it seems to be one of the key environmental buzzwords of the time.  “Recycled” […]

Dry Mounting

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Mounting methods for artwork are usually an interesting topic because people always seem to be asking what is the best way, or best method, etc, etc. While I don’t claim to know the best way, I can tell you that I have experimented with quite a few and ultimately decided upon dry mounting […]

Large Prints

Friday, April 18th, 2008

As much as I agree with much of Brooks Jensen’s commentary on print size, I can’t deny there is some unmatched excitement when seeing some of your images printed very large. By large, I am referring to 20×30, 24×36, 30×45 (inches) and up.
Now and then, I get requests for prints at these sizes. […]

$1,375 per gallon

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

What is it? Liquid nitrogen? Molten gold? Gas prices in 2425? Special medicine? How about liquid uranium? What could be so expensive? And worse yet, what company that sells you such a precious commodity would also make you dump a good portion of it right down the drain? This […]

Signing photographs

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

I find the array of answers interesting whenever I see the question “what is the proper way to sign a fine art print?” I am reminded of an older podcast by Brooks Jensen on signing prints where he asks some probing questions himself, and acknowledges there are no resolving answers. Even […]