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 How to create high quality, low cost prints.
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The fifth edition of Photo Review's popular Printing Digital Photos pocket guide has been completely updated to reflect changes that have occurred in digital imaging. With people placing more importance on preserving their digital pictures, printing assumes a high level of importance. This guide covers all the basics, like choosing the right type of printer and printing paper, matching image size to output size, and how to make long-lasting, colour-accurate prints for display and sharing.
Our focus in this edition is on the printing process itself: the different types of printers; printing inks and papers; how to use the printer; and how to ensure you produce long-lasting prints. For enthusiasts, we've included information on ICC profiling, printing raw files and monochrome printing, along with monitor calibration and how to save money by making test prints. Printing Digital Photos provides information and advice for everyone - from snapshooters to serious imaging hobbyists. It's a 'plain English' guide that's easy to understand, with illustrations to make key points clear.
Chapters:
1. Choosing the Right Printer - How to select the right printer for your requirements.
2. Thinking about Inks - Matching inks to printer technologies plus money-saving tips for minimising ink wastage.
3. Papers and other Media - matching the paper you print on to your requirements.
4. Preparing to Print -Setting up image files in editing software and determining size and resolution settings.
5. Using the Printer Driver - A guide to printer driver functions; what they include and how to use them.
6. ICC Profiles - What they are and why they can help you to make better prints.
7. Practical Colour Management - How to set up a colour managed workflow.
8. Test Strips and Proofing Options - How to save money by making test strips and proofing images before printing.
9. Printing Raw Files - Understand the issues associated with printing raw files.
10. Monochrome Printing - how to make great black-and-white prints from old photos or full-colour digital images.
Useful URLS - The following links provide additional information on the topics covered in this Pocket Guide:
Choosing a Printer:
www.cipa.jp/english/pictbridge/ for details of the PictBridge direct printing system.
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/ for information on image permanence and the results of lightfastness tests on printers and printing media.
www.epson.com.au/videos/ for product demonstrations showing the differences between different printer types.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/inkjet_printer for an overview of inkjet printing.
Printing Inks:
http://www.planetark.com.au/ for information on ink cartridge recycling.
www.epson.com.au/videos/ for information on inkjet inks, cartridge design and an interview with Henry Wilhelm on the importance of ink media in achieving print permanence.
Papers and Other Media:
http://www.photoreview.com.au/tips/outputting/optical-brighteners-in-inkjet-paper.aspx for information on optical brighteners.
http://wilhelm-research.com/ for details of procedures used to test and report on a wide range of traditional and digital media, along with information on specific printer/paper combinations. You can also download a free guide to the preservation and care of colour photographs in PDF format.
Preparing to Print:
Picasa3 - www.picasa.google.com/
Serif Photo Plus - www.freeserifsoftware.com/default.asp
ArcSoft PhotoImpression - www.arcsoft-photoimpression.en.softonic.com/
ACDSee Photo Editor - www.acdsee.com/
Adobe Photoshop Elements - www.adobe.com/products/
Corel Paint Shop Pro - http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/au/en/Content/1150905725000
The GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
ACDSee Pro 2 Photo Manager - www.acdsee.com/
Adobe Photoshop CS3 - www.adobe.com/products/
Using the Printer Driver:
http://tech.epson.com.au/downloads/ for printer driver downloads.
http://www.photoreview.com.au/ for articles on digital printing and printer reviews.
ICC Profiles:
www.color.org/iccprofile.xalter for detailed information on ICC profiles.
http://www.hahnemuehle.com/index.php?mid=1844&lng=en for profiles for Hahnemuehle papers.
http://www.ilford.com/profiles/index_en.asp?type=profile for profiles on Ilford papers.
Colour Management:
www.wilhelm-research.com for information on image permanence and the results of tests on the latest printers and media.
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ and http://www.digitaldog.net/ for useful information on inkjet printing.
http://www.normankoren.com/ for information on colour management and gamma charts.
http://www.rags-int-inc.com/PhotoTechStuff/AcrCalibration/ for a step-by-step guide to camera calibration.
http://www.rags-int-inc.com/PhotoTechStuff/ColorCalibration/ for information on using standard colour targets plus downloadable scripts for validating image colours against known values.
http://www.pixelplace.ca/ for information on using colour cards to obtain better photo prints.
http://www.vanbar.com.au/ local distributor of Perfect-Pix colour reference cards.
http://www.photoreview.com.au/ for articles on digital printing and printer reviews.
Test Strips and Proofing Options:
www.computer-darkroom.com for some excellent tutorials on colour management and soft proofing and articles on using Adobe software.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/ for a series of 'Understanding' articles that include soft proofing, colour management, colour theory and many other topics.
www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials/ for step-by-step tutorials on new features, key workflows, and advanced techniques with Adobe software.
www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#iphoto for tutorials on the various aspects of iPhoto.
http://www.photoreview.com.au/ for articles on digital printing and printer reviews.
Printing Raw Files:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en will enable you to locate Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP, which provides the ability to view, organise and print photos captured in RAW image formats from supported Canon and Nikon digital cameras.
www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom2/ provides a useful tutorial on printing through Lightroom 2.0.
www.apple.com/aperture/features/ outlines the features in Aperture 2 and provides links to tutorials on making prints and contact sheets and producing books.
http://www.photoreview.com.au/ for articles on digital printing and printer reviews.
Monochrome Printing:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ and http://www.digitaldog.net/ for useful general information on inkjet printing.
www.photoreview.com.au/tips/outputting/monochrome-printing-with-entrylevel-inkjets.aspx for an article on how to make monochrome prints with a basic inkjet printer.
Author: Margaret Brown
$14.95 incl GST plus $5 delivery (within Australia)
Size: A5, 72pp, perfect bound
ISBN 978-0-9775714-4-4
Margaret Brown is technical editor of Photo Review magazine and website and has been writing about photography for more than 20 years. Margaret has authored all fourteen of the popular Photo Review Pocket Guide series and the Choice Guide to Digital Photography.
Printing Digital Photos Pocket Guide 5th Edition is sponsored by Epson.
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