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Mastering Digital Printing
And finally, there are the digital artists, many of whom (not all) frequently work at a
small scale and like the immediate results of seeing their own prints coming out of their
own printers.
Regardless of which category you might fit into, anyone who’s involved with digital imaging
or printing should at least consider using an outside printmaker. If you’re on the fence
about this, following are some additional reasons for using a print service. (I’ll concentrate
on fine-art printing, primarily inkjet, in the first section of this chapter and then look at
photographic and other commercial providers at the end.)
Printmaking Advantages
There are many advantages and benefits to using a printmaker or outside printing service.
Knowledge, Experience, and Craft
Printmaking is a craft that takes years, even a lifetime, to perfect. Experienced printmakers
are experts at what they do, and they usually have the best, most expensive equipment.
Therefore, by using an outside print provider, you shift the burden of learning the
craft and of keeping up with all the latest print technology to the printmaker, which frees
you to concentrate on image-making.
Digital printmaker Lynn Lown (left) of
New Media Arts works with Santa Fe
artist and photographer Barbara
Bowles.
Courtesy of New Media Arts
www.nmarts.com