On August 9th, 2010, Ken Allen offers a seminar to the Society of American Archivists’ annual conference about how to do basic imaging and small digitization projects. The tutorial highlights key points of his presentation and gives insight into the process of digitization.
Archive for the ‘Image Quality’ Category
Introduction to Digitization
August 9, 2010Scanner Calibration Tutorial
May 10, 2010Archival Scanning Tutorial
May 3, 2010Museum of the City of New York digitization project
April 27, 2010Our most recent success at the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) has revolutionized their digital image library. We won a 7 month project to digitize 28,000 photographs, we completed 39,000 (140% of the goal!). MCNY is ecstatic about our accomplishments and has received great press about the digitization project, as well as on the several exhibits and books that we have produced for the MCNY. Here is one story from NY 1, the local New York City news station:
Initial Information On Canon Lucia® Pigment Ink Permanence
May 18, 2007I was always looking for a good overview on inkjet printing to help explain how it’s come of age. Especially since many of the old technologies like the Iris prints have had fading and other issues that many of the new inkjet printers do not have.
Pay special attention to the last entries in the history, IE. the Epson Ultrachrome K3 and the Canon Lucia 12 ink printers. The print permanence is beyond previous color photographic processes:
Storing Pigment Ink Prints
May 18, 2007The pigment ink prints from the latest Epson and Canon printers (Ultrachrome K3, and Lucia ink-sets) that I work with are very light stable, waterfast, and can endure high temperature. But they do have one weakness that the photography conservation community has identified. The receiving layer (the layer on the surface of the paper that holds and binds the ink) remains absorbant after printing and will absorb pollutants exposed to the prints.
Upon a recent visit to one of my clients I noticed that prints were being stored in non-archival cardboard. The cardboard had gotten damp and it caused some yellowing on the edge of the print. the print was acting like a blotter and sucking the extra moister out of the cardboard. To avoid this I now deliver all prints in Polyethylene (PE) bags. Please, if you are storing prints place them in archival bags, or better yet put them in a nice frame behind glass so we can all enjoy them!
Also, when ordering prints in the future, if you plan to store the prints for long term, please ask me for archival packing in addition to the Polyethylene bags. There is an extra charge, but it’s a minor charge to protect these prints that will last for hundreds of years.
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