Printing Your Digital Photographs
Digital Images Look Better Printed on Large Size Quality Paper.
Digital cameras have revolutionized photography with new ways of sharing images, such as internet sharing sites and email. Printed photos retain their magic.
While many photographers are printing at home with their inkjet printers, a traditional photo company looks to entice people back to the photo lab for printing, particularly with larger sizes.
Fujifilm are seeking to find new products for photographers with the decline in sales of its traditional photographic films. Another side to the film processing business is the consequent decline in the use of specialist photographic paper, used for printing the images from the processed film negatives.
One of the diversification avenues for photo companies is the development of paper products to suit photographers using the home inkjet printer for their digital images.
Fuji recently released a couple of new high quality photographic paper products aimed mainly at the professional photographer. Their new Fujicolor Crystal Archive Digital Pearl Paper™, designed for a printed presentation matching the high quality of up modern digital cameras used by serious photographers.
The quality of paper used to print a photograph is as important as the capabilities of the camera or lens. Fuji have improved the way the image on their paper reflects light, the very basic task of a printed image. Poor quality papers, photographic or inkjet, produce dull muddy prints, as they do not reflect light very well.
“The embedded pearl-like crystals featured in the Pearl Paper are a special type of pigment known as pearl mica pigments that produce a high gloss reflectance, particularly in the highlights,” said Jennifer Chan from Fujifilm.
An emulsion coats photographic paper and this reacts to light in the printing process to form the image.
“Portrait photographers will appreciate the capability of Pearl Paper to the capability of Pearl Paper to accurately reproduce a wide range of skin tones while adding a distinctive look to wedding packages and other creative opportunities,” said Ms Chan.
