Digital Prints

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Mastering Digital Printing
Making a Print Step-by-Step
Now, let’s go into more depth. In this section, I’m going to elaborate on the previous steps,
add some more, and also give more options for some. I’ll change printers (to HP Designjet
130), printer type (consumer desktop to professional wide-format), and media type
(swellable-coated satin from microporous matte).
The image this time is a vintage shot I took in a Paris cheese shop. There is a fascination
for food and beverage fine-art imagery (especially wine), so this seems like an appropriate
image to print. I call what I will end up with an original print; if you’re more interested in
making reproduction prints, the same basic workflow would apply (see “A Giclée
Workflow” in Chapter 10).
The printer used in this section is the newer HP Designjet 130nr. The 130 was introduced
in May 2004, and it is a 6-color (CMYKcm), thermal, wide-format inkjet printer. The
“durable-dye” inks and the HP Premium Plus Photo Satin paper are OEM from HP.
For this print, I’ll be working on a Mac (G4) in OS X 10.3 with Photoshop CS, but the
same basic principles and procedures apply to Windows workers with only a few minor
changes, which I’ll note below.
As I walk you through my printing procedure, keep in mind that this is only one way
of doing it. Use this workflow as a base or a point of reference; don’t hesitate to change
it to suit your own way of working. These steps are not carved in stone, even for me.
I will sometimes change their order just for fun, or to see if there are any creative possibilities
to discover.
La Fromagerie.
© 1970-2004 Harald Johnson