OUR choice of colour gamut is Adobe RGB, and when required, we use sRGB - Why? For us, RGB provides a wider colour spectrum or space to view and work within Photoshop and Lightroom, and my cameras are set in RGB for the same reason. Our Canon printers are capable of printing both Adobe RGB and sRGB. Adobe RGB was created by Adobe in 1998 and aimed at the creative space of photography. In 1996, sRGB was developed jointly by Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard for use on computers and other electronic devices. ​ Colour gamut refers to the entire range of colours that a device, such as a monitor or a printer, can reproduce. The gamut is not limited to primary colours but includes all the possible shades and tones that can be created by mixing primary colours. ​Different colour gamuts, such as sRGB, Adobe RGB, DCI-P3, and Rec. 2020, have different colour gamuts within the colour space of CIE 1931. Each colour space has a specific range of colours based on a combination of primary colours and their intensities​. In 1931, the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) published the CIE 1931 colour space, which defines the relationship between the visible spectrum and human colour vision​
Our Canon Pro-Graph 1100 and Pro 300 printers have ICC profiles installed for each paper type we print with. ICC profiles, or the International Colour Consortium, is a set of colours for colour management
An ICC profile is a set of data that characterises a colour input or output device or a colour space, according to standards promulgated by the International Colour Consortium (ICC). Profiles describe the colour attributes of a particular device or viewing requirement by defining a mapping between the device source or target colour space and a profile connection space
Why is it important? It is important to align your display screens and printing device as closely as possible to the ICC colour set. Which will best serve you in producing accurate images to what you see on your screen to be printed on a calibrated printing device. ​We are endeavouring to scan and create our own custom print profiles, which involves using the Calibrite Colour Checker Studio
Then, printing test sheets and scanning the colours, allowing the program to adjust/calibrate the colours printed to the ICC profiles for each colour and then loading the results into the printer for each paper type. Each paper type will have its own profile to print either colour or black-and-white images. ​​BenQ is our choice of viewing monitor and is calibrated by using the Calibrite Colour Checker display program
All images are checked under a calibrated ILFOLUX light for imperfections
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​File or image size to consider - Bit size - 8-bit or 16-bit workflow and image processing. 8-bit and 16-bit refer to the bit depth of an image. An 8-bit image can display up to 16.7 million colours, while a 16-bit image can display up to 281 trillion colours. 16-bit images are more detailed and offer a wider range of colours, making them ideal for printing and editing. 8-bit images are more popularly used for web graphics and small prints. The difference between 8-bit and 16-bit is mainly in how many colours can be displayed, and the resolution of your image. For example, an 8-bit image doesn’t have 8 colours. Instead, it can hold 256 tonal values of the three colour channels (red, green, and blue). That equals 16.7 million colours. A 16-bit image has 65,536 tonal values in the same three channels. That means 281 trillion colours can be manipulated within the editing software you use​
​We aim to print digital images that are saved at or between 250 - 300ppi JPEG files, or TIFF files, which are naturally larger than JPEG files. This allows a higher-resolution, smoother colour gradient and a consistent finished print for you!​​​​
WE CAN scan A4 and smaller sizes on our Canon CanoScan LiDE 400 Flatbed Scanner, then process them to meet our customers' requirements. That could mean keeping your photos or artwork on a device or sharing them with others online. Maybe you are an artist who would like to reproduce hand-drawn art into a digital file and then print reproductions to sell. This service is calculated on an hourly rate, why, because there is a reasonable amount of time required to make sure the colours printed match the item being reproduced in print form. ANY questions, please ask!