Fog at Newcomb Hollow, by Robert Manz - Digital Download - 5x7 Note Card
When I was in college I walked the outer cape beach from Eastham to Provincetown. Perhaps the most spectacular scene I saw was a view like this at Newcomb Hollow. This image is from a revisit to Newcomb Hollow many years later. But always spectacular. ~Robert
A note about printing: I’ve done darkroom and now digital printing since my college days. I know how to make a good print and I know what is my favorite print equipment. I know what are the good papers and the good inks.
A year ago I purchased a $200 Ecotank all in one printer by Epson (model 2800) - this is new territory for me, the other printers in my studio cost $2,000 and up.
I popped a sheet of my favorite coated card stock paper, 8.5x11, into the 2800 printer and out came an archival print of one of our calendar covers that is 99% of the quality I can print on the more expensive equipment.
The lesson I take away from this is “you can try this at home- and get a good print”. This means that my audience can make a print at home that I am happy to have shown as a piece of my work .
In principle any $200, or less, inkjet printer with color photo capability cab make a high quality print with this file using photo quality inkjet paper. All my experience is with matte paper, but if you prefer a gloss or satin finish this should do just fine as well
Instructions: print this file at 100% on 8.5×11 photo inkjet paper, cut it down neatly to 7×10 using the cut marks provided, fold, and you have a fine art note card.
note: any matte paper for photo inkjet will give excellent results. I always use matte, but glossy and satin should work, I just have no experience with them. For your reference and convenience here is a link to the amazon listing of a typical low cost photo inkjet paper that I have experience with. The output quality on my $200 dollar printer is SUPERB.
When I was in college I walked the outer cape beach from Eastham to Provincetown. Perhaps the most spectacular scene I saw was a view like this at Newcomb Hollow. This image is from a revisit to Newcomb Hollow many years later. But always spectacular. ~Robert
A note about printing: I’ve done darkroom and now digital printing since my college days. I know how to make a good print and I know what is my favorite print equipment. I know what are the good papers and the good inks.
A year ago I purchased a $200 Ecotank all in one printer by Epson (model 2800) - this is new territory for me, the other printers in my studio cost $2,000 and up.
I popped a sheet of my favorite coated card stock paper, 8.5x11, into the 2800 printer and out came an archival print of one of our calendar covers that is 99% of the quality I can print on the more expensive equipment.
The lesson I take away from this is “you can try this at home- and get a good print”. This means that my audience can make a print at home that I am happy to have shown as a piece of my work .
In principle any $200, or less, inkjet printer with color photo capability cab make a high quality print with this file using photo quality inkjet paper. All my experience is with matte paper, but if you prefer a gloss or satin finish this should do just fine as well
Instructions: print this file at 100% on 8.5×11 photo inkjet paper, cut it down neatly to 7×10 using the cut marks provided, fold, and you have a fine art note card.
note: any matte paper for photo inkjet will give excellent results. I always use matte, but glossy and satin should work, I just have no experience with them. For your reference and convenience here is a link to the amazon listing of a typical low cost photo inkjet paper that I have experience with. The output quality on my $200 dollar printer is SUPERB.
When I was in college I walked the outer cape beach from Eastham to Provincetown. Perhaps the most spectacular scene I saw was a view like this at Newcomb Hollow. This image is from a revisit to Newcomb Hollow many years later. But always spectacular. ~Robert
A note about printing: I’ve done darkroom and now digital printing since my college days. I know how to make a good print and I know what is my favorite print equipment. I know what are the good papers and the good inks.
A year ago I purchased a $200 Ecotank all in one printer by Epson (model 2800) - this is new territory for me, the other printers in my studio cost $2,000 and up.
I popped a sheet of my favorite coated card stock paper, 8.5x11, into the 2800 printer and out came an archival print of one of our calendar covers that is 99% of the quality I can print on the more expensive equipment.
The lesson I take away from this is “you can try this at home- and get a good print”. This means that my audience can make a print at home that I am happy to have shown as a piece of my work .
In principle any $200, or less, inkjet printer with color photo capability cab make a high quality print with this file using photo quality inkjet paper. All my experience is with matte paper, but if you prefer a gloss or satin finish this should do just fine as well
Instructions: print this file at 100% on 8.5×11 photo inkjet paper, cut it down neatly to 7×10 using the cut marks provided, fold, and you have a fine art note card.
note: any matte paper for photo inkjet will give excellent results. I always use matte, but glossy and satin should work, I just have no experience with them. For your reference and convenience here is a link to the amazon listing of a typical low cost photo inkjet paper that I have experience with. The output quality on my $200 dollar printer is SUPERB.
The digital downloads are an experiment. I know more and more people have good printers at home. This download is available for personal use at the stated size only. It has been protected against enlargement or alteration, but really this is a question of personal trust, as I seek to make a connection with people through my art. Thanks for considering and honoring. ~Robert
Printing Tips: I usually print on matte photo paper for inkjet, but gloss or satin should work well also; I just don’t have any experience with them. In order to get an idea of what would work best at home I recently purchased for about $200 an Epson EcoTank all in one printer, the ET 2800. I put in a sheet of my favorite archival matte paper, cost about 30 cents, and produced a print that is about 99% of the quality of the print I could make on the same paper using the photo quality Epson printers I have in the studio that cost about ten times as much. I’m happy to have those printers, I can do a lot more and make much bigger prints with them, but I do want you to know that if you use photo quality paper, you can make a framable print up to 11”x14” size with this download. ~ Robert
