Metal Prints Retrospective I

Stones Print Metal

I am at the point of thinking back over the experience of making the metal prints on aluminum using Booksmart Studios media.  Printing these was similar in many ways to making what I am now calling Faux Metal Prints.

I sat down yesterday and listed concerns most of which were unique to printing on sheet aluminum.  They were, in no particular order, printing, Print Shield, cutting, wavy edges, adhesive and painting edges.

Printing:  I experienced problems with my Epson R2880 printer printing the
size I specified in CS5.  The problems occurred with the Manual Load front
straight pass through feed.  It appears that the margins upon which it can't print
are more restrictive than with the top load back paper feed.  The Epson support 

people tell me that the margins are 0.12" for the top and sides.  The
bottom margin is .56".  The printer wanted to use 13x19 size to print a 10x6.67
image.  I set it to print the image on the 8.5x11 metal sheet.  It reduced the
image size to the margins above.  The 6.67" dimension was fine but the 10" came out 9.375.  I am still not entirely clear on the outcome
of my incident.  Its, size, is not so critical since these prints do not go
behind a mat or in a frame.  Call me a "control freak" but I find that disquieting.  I suppose I must just accept that limitation of my printer. 

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Found Stream Logs

Found Stream Logs

We have an interesting stream at Gorman Nature Center.  I would like to walk to the spring where it supposedly begins sometime.  It does dry up when we have no rain.  Under normal conditions of periodic rain it flows continuously.  It has its time of being a raging torrent, though I have never seen it that way.  I just see the aftermath.  It must be almost a flash flood.  My theory is that the run off from the subdivision just East of Gorman empties into the stream and causes the flash flood.

These are logs deposited by the stream in one of its flash floods.

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This Makes The Previous Ones Faux Metal Prints

Booksmart Fine Art Metals
Image complements of the Booksmart Web Site.

My new Photo Technique Magazine arrived recently.  I noted that Editor, Wendy Erickson, had written an article entitled "Untarnished Dreams: Metals for Digital Printing."   I read it first and immediately entered my name in the raffle to win the sampler pictured above.  The raffle entry time concludes at the end of April so there is still time for you.

I was so excited about the concept that I ordered the sampler.  Each one is aluminum with a different finish.  The aluminum sheets have been coated with a substrate which holds the ink from your printer.   They came the other day and I cut a strip off one that was slightly over-sized.  I was anxious to see how they could be "worked."  (More about this in a later installment) 

Metal Strip Laminated To Mat Backing

You can order them with or without adhesive on the back.  I ordered them with adhesive backing and wanting to see how the adhesive would hold.  I worked on it a little and before I knew it the end of the day had arrived.  I had a busy day the next day and had no time to work in the shop but I carried it around in my pocket all day, telling everyone I met about my new prints, coming soon.

The next day I finally had time to make the prints.

Metal Prints

I downloaded an ICC Profile from the Booksmart Studio and used Photo Black Ink in my Epson R2880 Printer.

I had selected about 20 images for possible printing on the metal.  I went to Booksmart Studio's web site reading and implementing their suggestions for the best image for each metal.

  I was able to choose an image from my selection group for each metal finish except one.  I had to look through my data base once again to find one for the Mat Silver Finish. I chose the Green Heron.  It was a low light, high ISO, telephoto shot having nearly too much noise. I really liked its combination with the Mat Silver Finish metal.  In my mind, it was a perfect match, the image complementing the metal finish. 

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Welcome to the Family!

Two Cuties

Great Grandmother, Carol, welcomes little Addalin Scarlet Truax into the world.

Born Friday, March 22 she was 21" and 8 lbs 9oz.  I got to meet her on Saturday morning.  She and her mother, Sasha will go home this morning, Sunday.

Carol was up early this morning thinking of going back to see her.  

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