This exercise is about printing. I am not yet firmly decided whether to print the output from Exercise 5 but probably will; this is an opportunity to review prices and services.
1. I searched the internet for different companies offering inkjet and C-type printing. Most people can produce perfectly acceptable inkjet prints from home computers so not entirely sure why they would want to use an online printing service other than for large volume or because not confident with the process. It was difficult to ascertain whether those I have included as inkjet printer quotes actually are inkjet as the websites of the different companies did not provide that information. We must assume that the absence of clarity and the much cheaper price mean the process is inkjet. Obtained following quotes for a 12" x 8" print:
Inkjet: ds colourlabs £0.60; photobox £1.50; digitalab £2.58
C-type: ds colourlabs £5.50*; metro print £7.08; peak imaging £2.89
*the smallest size that colourlabs print C-type is 14" x 14" - this is what is above.
Clearly, there is some variety in price. I used Peak Imaging for some years when entering competitions, and for the printed images in Excersize 3. It seems to be the cheapest option, the quality is good and find no reason to change from the results of this exercise.
2. I have prepared many images for printing so do not see the need to repeat here.
3. Can an image produced on inkjet be treated as a 'photograph'? Of course it can. An image printed on ordinary paper is no less a photograph than one printed on metallic C type paper, or on digital media. The definition of a photograph according to Google is: "a picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused on to light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally." It says nothing about the specific quality of the media for presentation.
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