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301 inkjet tips and techniques : an essential printing resource for photographers

Explaining how to take full advantage of the capabilities of an inkjet printer, this handbook for photographers furnishes hundreds of useful tips and techniques, along with screen shots, color images, and other examples to create professional-looking prints
Print Book, English, ©2008
Thomson Course Technology PTR, Boston, MA, ©2008
xxvii, 499 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
9781598632040, 1598632043
180127225
Decide whether inkjet is right for you
Using outside printing companies
Transforming your image from pixels to prints
How to choose your next inkjet printer
Color management tips and techniques
Black and white tips and techniques
Inkjet substrate selection and usage
Portfolio and presentation options
Getting specific
Using Hahnemuhle's photo rag and other coated watercolor paper
Using Crane's meseo silver ring
Printing on undercoated fine art paper
Displaying work using Posterhangers
Achieving saturated color on art papers
Art reproduction: image capture and color management
Printing on and coating canvas
Choosing and coding inkjet-compatible materials
Techniques for hand-coating canvas
Web site, portfolio, and marketing tips
Creating a commercial portfolio with inkjet prints
Making innovative promos and portfolios
Making an advertising portfolio with double-sided inkjet paper
Using Qimage for standard and panoramic printing
Printing with ColorBurst RIP
Printing with the ImagePrint RIP
Printing with the StudioPrint RIP
Using inkjet printers as CMYK proofers
Exhibition tips and techniques
Organizing, tracking and documenting limited editions
File naming, image tracking, and backup
Lighting for exhibitions and proofing
Protecting framing and packing your work
Lighting a space effectively and efficently
Using inkAID to precoat nonporous surfaces for printing
Making 3D stereo cards with an inkjet printer
Creating and hanging irregularly shaped art pieces
a closeup look at lenticular imaging
Printing on un-coated papers using inkAID coatings
How to print over deckled edges
Creating an exhibtion scale model
Creating a digital composite
Creating a magnetic wall for print viewing
Window printing and the Epson Stylus Photo R1800
Printing on CDs and DVDs
Better printmaking
Doing your own print permenance testing
"Alphabet Soup" and standard cut paper sizes
Includes index