New Opportunity: Print Workshop
Every month, members are invited to submit prints of their photos to be critiqued by the peer-reviewers, all of whom are Advanced Members of the Sedona Camera Club. Except for last year when we necessarily held all meetings virtually and had no print reviews, historically we had much higher print submissions than we’ve had this year.
I am proposing a new approach to increase the number of printed images at our critique sessions. Following our March 14th and April 10th judging sessions (to which you are invited), I’ll remain at the Christ Lutheran Church in Sedona from 2:00 – 3:00 PM to print images for members, help members understand how to get the best results from their printers, and answer any questions members may have.
I believe that more members at all levels, from Beginner to Advanced, would print their images if they had a better working knowledge of how to print their own photos. This workshop will help members become more knowledgeable about printing in general and help them present their photographic work in a more visually appealing form.
The workshops will be limited to 10 members each month, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. I will offer to print up to two (2) images per person for the cost of paper and ink. (11×17 : $6.00 per image, 13×19: $8.00 per image). Images will be printed on my Canon Pro 300 using my Mac Computer. Members need to bring their images on a flash drive in the following format jpg, tiff or psd and minimum of 10 mb and measure with minimum 3000 pixel in height and width and Resolution of at least 100 good, 200 is better and 300 is best.
Members interested in this workshop please email me.
Louis Pescevic
printchair@sedonacamera.club
Continue reading to learn about my experience and the fundamentals of printing
My EXPERIENCE
Commercial/Freelance/Contract Photographer — 2007 to 2019
I worked as a contract photographer for many companies Large and small. Mainly shooting products from jewelry to real estate including major events.
Most common questions about home printing?
– Is it cheaper to print from home?
– What inks give the best result?
– Are ink expensive?
– Can you use after maket inks?
– What printer to choose?
– What are ICC code used for?
– What types of paper should I use?
– Art papers are they better than Standard Canon or Epson?
– What computer are better for printing?
– Should you use Photoshop, Lightroom or Professional Print & Layout Manager?
– How often do you need to calibrate you computer?
– Can you calibrate your printer?
Is it cheaper to print from home?
Well let’s think about this do we just want to make a few prints or do you want to make a lot of prints?
In my case I print 200 to 300 prints per year, yes a lot cheaper to print at home.
If you only do a few prints a year it is better to outsource.
What types of paper should I use and how expensive is it?
Paper is a personal choice either you are hanging images in your house, museum or for sale. I have used them all from semi gloss to pro luster, rough, canvas and matted.
– Epson S041637 Velvet Fine Art Paper, 13 x 19, White (Pack of 20 Sheets) $3.00 per sheet
– Canon Luster Photo Paper, 13″ x 19″ (50 Sheets) (LU-101 13X1950)$1.00 per sheet currently on sale reg price $2.00 per sheet
– Canon SG-201 13X19(50) Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss 13″ x 19″ (50 Sheets) (SG-201 13X19) $1.10 to 3.00 per sheet
– Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper LUSTER (13×19 Inches, 50 Sheets) (S041407) $2.00 per sheet
– Hahnemhle USA Photo Rag 308 GSM 13×19-Inch Paper (25 Sheets) $4.25 per sheet
– Museo Silver Rag | 300 GSM | Inkjet Fine Art Archival Paper | Gloss | 17×22 | 25 Sheets $8.10 per sheet
As you can see prices vary greatly on paper.
What printer to choose? Sample cost of Printers
Back in the early 90s there was not a large section of printer then for photographers. I started with HP photo printer many many years ago then moved on to Epson when they came out with a high quality Photo Printer until I started having problem with prints quantities and support. Since then I have moved on to Canon in 2007 and been with Canon since, I have own five different Canon models over the years.
– PRO SERIES PRINTERS: Price ranges in the Pro series from $899.00 to approximately $12,000
– PHOTO INKJET PRINTERS: Price ranges from $49.00 to approximately $400.00
What is the difference between Pro and Photo Printers?
Photographs are comprised of many different tones, so the more ink colors a printer has, the finer the image will be. For example, to print the color green, a printer combines a mixture of cyan and yellow inks. For a light green image on a traditional four-color image, it would print a mixture of cyan, yellow and blank areas. Professional photo printers add additional colors such as light cyan, allowing them to print more dots and thereby create a smoother image tone.
What inks give the best results – Dye ink or Pigment ink?
The number and type of ink cartridges in a printer has a significant impact on the appearance of the prints that it creates as well as on their longevity. Printers that use pigment based inks, such as the Stylus Pro and Pixma Pro-1, produce longer-lasting images than DesignJet series that use HP’s dye-based “Vivera” inks.
How often should you calibrate you’re monitor?
That means even an LCD should be calibrated at least once every six months, though once a month is a good habit. Calibrating your monitor is essential to produce a neutral white with no color shift. It’s also important that other colors be as accurate as possible with the ambient light conditions you’re working under.
Can you calibrate your printer?
Yes, so far this can only be done with a PC computer
What are ICC code used for?
Digital images and graphics all have their own ICC profiles. In order to ensure the image that you are about to work on is displayed accurately, designers have to match the ICC profile of the image with the monitor and implement the corresponding ICC profile into the computer’s operating system.
Are inks expensive?
Why Are Ink Cartridges So Expensive? Here’s a quick and simple answer: Ink cartridges are expensive so companies can make a profit. … A manufacturer makes money NOT by selling consumers an inkjet or laser printer, but by selling the supplies needed to print. The manufacturer controls the technology and the prices.
COST OF PRINTING PER PAGE CHART (ink only – Based on using Canon Pro 300)
| Printer | 4×6 | 5×7 | 8×10 | 11×14 | 13×19 |
| Pro-300 Luster | $0.24 | $0.35 | $0.81 | $1.57 | $2.52 |
| Pro-300 Matte | $0.21 | $0.29 | $0.69 | $1.29 | $2.08 |
Can you use after market inks?
Yes, you can use third-party ink in your printer. However, you are taking a chance of subpar image quality, but you can save a lot of money by buying …The other problem with after market inks is the newer printers cartridges have chips now and aftermarket chips that are not recognized by the printer. Your best bet if you still want to use after market ink is to refill your cartridges with proper ink and buy a chip resetter if one is available for your printer on the market.
Should you use Photoshop, Lightroom or Professional Print & Layout Manager?
This based only on my personal experience with Photoshop which I start using 1995 wasn’t until 2007, when I started seeing problems. The main problem was MAC was making lots of Operating window changes and Photoshop was having problems keeping up with the update as well as keeping you in the dark. You rack your brains trying to figure out the problem. Finally you contact support to help you then you solve it, till someone else changes something.
I now use Canon Professional Print & layout manager which gives me more control over color and brightness control in the print module and able to view changes before printing where in photoshop you don’t see that. The only fault I have with it is if you don’t set everything back to zero it will use the last setting on the next image.
