Printing with Confidence - always!
Members and guests had an interesting insight into the latest range of home printers and had tips from experts on how to choose a printer and get good results ‘always’.
To start with professional photographer David Platt talked about his photography career and how he specialised mainly in landscape and travel. He felt it would be good to add variety and so also looks for abstract subjects and macro shots.
Reluctant at first to print his own images for sale as he found the process difficult and rather costly. But now he feels confident that with his Canon equipment he now gets consistent good results, and he feels happy to sell his prints. He wants printing to have minimum fuss and reasonable costs.
David projected some of his excellent images and explained how he chooses those that would sell well as prints and that people would enjoy hanging on their walls for a long time. He prefers subtle colours and restful subjects such as woodland scenes and simple scenes with colour harmony.
We were shown some photographs taken on a visit to Vietnam with the interesting patterns of the rice terraces. David says that he is keen to make sure that the colour green printed correctly as it is often too vivid and unnatural. The photographer needs to find the best paper to suit their work and there is a great range to choose from.
After the break Tom Storey assisted by Raj Khepar explained the differences between Canon printers and what to look for when choosing one. They had set up two A3+ inkjet printers – one used pigment ink and other dye ink. Improvements have been made in recent years and the latest range of photo printers give deep blacks and vibrant colours.
Tom explained how to set up your monitor to get the best results and what a difference the type of printing paper used can make to the finished print.
Members were invited to have some of their images printed and they enjoyed watching their prints slowly emerging from the printers with amazing results. Some prints were printed on both printers so that members could see any subtle differences between the pigment ink and the dye ink.
Many thanks to David for showing his images and to Tom and Raj for such an informative evening. See the Canon website for information on printers and paper.
Frank Collins said it had been a fascinating insight into how photographers can get the very best home prints. PM
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