Printing  :  Scanning  :  Retouching PRINTING Digital Prints We offer a variety of state of the art archival printing options for both color and black and white. We work collaboratively with our client throughout the preparation and printing process to ensure the final product meets or exceeds customer expectations. A quick overview of our current printers and processes: Epson 9800 Stylus Pro printer The 9800 printer uses Epson's Ultrachrome K3 pigmented ink technology to produce archival prints that can last a hundred years or more. We run our 9800 using Colorbyte’s Imageprint RIP using their proprietary "phatte" black method. Phatte black allows the light, light black ink cartridge to be replaced by a matte black cartidge, enabling us to have the printer loaded with both photo and matte black inks. This allows us to print on any media from fine art cotton rag matte type papers to photo gloss type papers WITHOUT having to change black ink carts. The Imageprint RIP not only does stellar color output but also amazingly neutral (or uniformly toned) B&W prints on either matte or glossy media. Output on the Epson 9800 is up to 44" wide by any length. Canon IPF5000 printer Newest addition to our printer collection. A twelve color, 16 bit printer which produces stunning color and B&W output on both matte and glossy papers. The IPF5000 uses proprietary Canon Lucia archival inks and produce prints with the widest color gamut you can get. Prints on the IPF5000 are up to 17" wide by any length. The Canon IPF5000 works great with book projects that need double-sided printing. Epson 9600 Stylus Pro printer with Piezography Ink for B&W prints B&W digital printing (or “quadtone” printing as it is often called) is evolving rapidly through the introduction of new inksets, paper and RIPS. We produce the finest black and white print output using a seven shade (of neutral grays and black) carbon pigment inkset, known as Piezography Neutral K7. These B&W prints are truly neutral, as no color inks are used in the process. Piezography prints exhibit fine dotless detail and an amazing range of tones, with subtle detail in both the deepest shadows and brightest highlights. Piezography output can be done on a variety of archival matte or cotton rag type papers or canvas. Output size up to 44" wide by any length. All of the inks we use are archival pigment based. When combined with archival paper or canvas, prints can last more than one hundred years. Wilhem Research has some great information on the lifespan of digital media and ink. We can print on a variety of paper and canvas. The Imageprint RIP we use includes hundreds of color and B&W profiles (many for different lighting conditions). Some popular papers we currently use include: Hahnemuhle Photo Rag and German Etching paper Innova Photo Fiba Ultrasmooth, Smooth Cotton and F-type Gloss Epson Premium Gloss and Premium Semimatte Red River UlraPro Gloss Crane Silver Rag Digital B&W and color inkjet printing is an ever evolving technology. Currently we make our fine art archival digital prints on three inkjet printers. But digital printers and ink technology age in dog years…so what we have today may be yesterday's news tomorrow. Check back with us often as we are constantly upgrading equipment as technology allows. Fuji 4000II Thermal Transfer Pictrography printer This is the printer we use mostly for small format prints (up to 11x17) that need to most resemble conventional photographic prints. Fuji prints are a great commercial grade print that offer great sharpness and color saturation on either matte or glossy photo type paper. Fuji pictrography prints are made by a thermal development/dye transfer process which produces color prints with the life expectancy of a traditional silver halide color print. Digital Print Pricing B&W Neutral K7, Epson Ultrachrome K3 and Canon Lucia Prints Print sizes up to 44" wide by any length. Some common sizes First Print Additional Prints 8x10/8.5x11 25.00 15.00 11x14/11x17 35.00 25.00 16x20/17x22 50.00 35.00 20x24 75.00 50.00 Prints larger than 20x24 are billed at $22.50 per square foot. Additional prints of the same image are billed at $15.00 per sq. ft. To determine how many square feet your print is, multiply the print's length times width in inches, then divide by 144. For example, to determine the square footage of a 30x40 inch print, multiply 30x40 to get 1200inches. Divided by 144, that would be 8.3 square feet. Please check with us for prices on quantity prints. Fuji Thermal Dye Transfer Prints Size First Print Additional Prints 8x10/8.5x11 25.00 12.50 11x14/11x17 35.00 17.50 Fuji prints are available on either gloss or matte surfaces, bordered or borderless. Please check with us for pricing on large quantity orders.