I avoid–usually–top heavy titles for my creative experiments. However, in this case the piece resonated with a recollection and so the new title actually would title this recollection too.
I’ve recently been printing dye giclée proofs on inappropriate paper stocks. This is a sign of my departure from rote advice: “use Canon hi-res and art papers on Canon printers.” The local Utrecht store has all sorts of stock but no stock whatsoever of ink jet papers. At first I was surprised the inappropriate stock printed so well. This piece benefits from using a rough and heavy paper.
Then, a few days ago I picked up a print order from OfficeMax and spied a Canon iPF 6300–a large format printer they no doubt use for banners and signs. I inquired about running full resolution tiffs. “Sure, and we have different papers to choose from.”
Okay, this leaves one unanswered question: can the printer’s operator select the correct profile? This isn’t a difficult ‘ask’ because I use Adobe RGB 1998, the basic 8 bit profile. Still, the most expert print master at Kinko’s had no idea what I was speaking of when I asked him to plug in a profile on their laser printer. A friend of mine who worked there dared to open up the print dialogue on the device’s ripper and, sure enough, we selected the profile.
I don’t assume people know how to work their machines, or, for that matter, assume they know how the machine works; thus would know why the color profile is crucial.
