FLAAR is a research institute dedicated to fine art photography for over 35 years.We accomplish fine art photography with large format digital cameras such as BetterLight, medium format cameras (we have used Leaf, Kodak, Hasselblad-Imacon, and Phase One P30 so far), and 35mm digital SLR ( Nikon D100, Canon EOS 5D). 35mm is okay but there were good reasons why Ansel Adams used large format. If he were still alive today he would continue with wide format but would also be experimenting with medium format digital cameras too. There is sometimes confusion in the jargon between fine art giclee prints and fine art photography. The concept of decor printing is not well defined either. So FLAAR has written up several FLAAR Reports to assist artists, photographers, painters, and print masters (as well as people who aspire to one or more of these categories). On this digital-photography website and our sister site, www.FineArtGicleePrinters.org, we provide information on printers, color management, software, and even show that you can reproduce your fine art photos with CO2 laser engravers onto glass or stone.
What wide-format inkjet printers are recommended to print fine art giclee or fine art photography?What the alluring advertisements don’t tell you is that a printer which can do an excellent job at printing giclee on canvas or watercolor paper, may be a poor choice for printing fine art photographs. And a printer that does museum quality output on fine art photographs, may be incapable of producing fine art giclee whatsoever. Since FLAAR is a research institute, and as we don’t sell printers, we can tell the positive features of printers as well as their downsides. You don’t get the full story on web sites that are just regurgitating sham reviews or pseudo reviews (PR releases camouflaged as a review). So if you are thinking of an Canon imagePROGRAF iPF 5000, iPF6000, iPF8000, iPF9000 or other printer, or the Epson Stylus Pro 4800, 7800, 9800, or HP Designjet 30, 90, 130, PhotoSmart Pro 8750 or HP B9180, Designjet Z2100, Z3100 be sure to get factual information. Later this year we may be offering courses in fine art photography, on-line, so you can take them in the comfort of your home anywhere in the world. But in the meantime, you can start off by getting your hands on the FLAAR Reports. Over 200 titles are available from www.wide-format-printers.NET. As a quick start you can just buy the FLAAR Reports on inkjet printers for giclee, or the FLAAR Reports that describes the precise distinctions between giclee, décor, and fine art photography. Or you can fill out the Inquiry/Survey Form and get some start-publications to provide introductory information.
Most recently updated September 25, 2006.
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