Piezography B&W Digital Printing Workshop

Please Note: In-Person Class Schedules are Subject to Change Due to Covid19 in 2021. Currently, we have been given the green light for hosting workshops provided all attendees have vaccination certificates and continue to wear masks. We have built an outdoor pavilion for meals. We can't guarantee the workshop dates will take place as listed if the CDC or State of Vermont imparts new rules due to a worsening of the pandemic, but we will always keep our attendees informed if anything changes. 

Limited to eight attendees. This workshop will concentrate on anything new with the Piezography workflow. We will use the new Piezography drivers for Piezography printing as well as the QuadTone RIP. We will feature the latest ink sets and any that are in development. Same goes with the software. Attendees always get the latest version in progress (in addition to the release version).

Therefore, we'll be printing with both Piezography Pro inks, Piezography K7 inks and some new concoctions. Likewise, we will be working with established as well as experimental workflows.

Attendees must bring a laptop, but we provide professional grade large screen reference calibrator displays by Eizo and NEC. There is plenty of free print time, tons of one on one, and even time at the end for critiques. You should bring a series of images you wish to work with. All of the materials and fine art papers are included in the workshop costs. If you happen to have a portfolio, bring it with you. We would love to see and share.

Here is a list of what we will cover, followed by Travel and Housing information:

1. Overview of the Piezography process 

2. Driver/Media Profile installs 

3. Visual examples of all major Piezography Inks

4. Intro to the new Cone printer drivers for Piezography

5. The new Piezography Media Profiles (for the Piezography printer drivers)

6. Setting up Photoshop

7. Setting up Lightroom

8. Setting up the new Piezography printer drivers

9. Quick print demo with Pro Blending

10. Intro to Paper Options

11. Piezo Ink installation

12. Supported Printers

13. Debugging a Printer

14. Preventative Maintenance

15. Printer Rescue

16. Other Hardware Topics

17. The Linear vs ICC workflow

18. Softproofing & Studio Setup

19. Introduction to Piezography Professional Edition Toolset

20. Making ICC profiles for the new Piezography printer drivers

21. 1-1 Linearizations

22. Brief intro to Piezography Digital Negative (no wet process in this workshop)

23. Continual 1-1 Linearizations

24. Understanding resolution and scaling

25. Image sharpening

26. Levels and Curves re-cap

27. Printing absolute Black

28. History brushing as a form of perpetual madness

29. Using Layers insanely

30. Wide Format Printing

31. Teaching Piezography

32. Print Handling & Packing

33. Retouching

34. Longevity and fade testing

35. Group print-show and talk

36. Questionnaire & Wrap-up