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Digital B&W printing
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When sending digital black and white prints to a lab is it possible to choose from a selection of papers such as is available in traditional black and white printing the present printers I use only have few options the best of which seems to be rag. Looking to something along the lines of traditional fibre papers.
i can do prints on hahnemuhle photorag, up to A1 size
I also have various other papers available, but the photorag 308 is by far the best for B&W fine art type prints
give me a shout if you want some help
s
Hi,
I have had some problems with getting my black and white images printed- they always seem to come out too dark. I am aware that there is a 30% (I think that is right?) drop in brightness from screen to print. Is there a chance that is could be down to the printers being used or… should I just compensate for this problem and brighten up my images before going to print?
Any info/advice would be amazing!
Peter
if your based in dublin give me a shout and i will show you some samples
what works generally if to doctor the midtones of the image before printing generally
Can recommend Stephen 100% hand on heart, have only had one A2 print done so far, but it was top notch and no loss of tone (30% bloody hell get that checked), as someone coming from a wet room to digital, getting prints done was always my biggest issue. (Stephen more are on the way)
Thanks!
I am based in Belfast at the minute but thank you for the kind offer and advice. I don’t suppose you know anyone in the north who could lend a hand printing some great black and whites?
i dont , sorry
but i could offer to do one of two and post them to you?
s
Ahh the joys of posting!
I assume that I could just email you a JPEG 300 dpi and mention the problems I have had in the past…
How about costs?
P
well i can give you access to my FTP server
ideally lets not use jpegs, even at highest quality they are still compressed
give me a shout and we can have a discussion
Excellent!
So we can keep the TIF talk until later then. I may have leave the phone call until tomorrow good sir but thank you for the help :)
P
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