Printing

Graduate print lab, Epson 9800

Price

$3.00 per square foot with $1.50 per square foot for ink and $1.50 per square foot for paper. The lab carries a selection of Epson and Ilford papers to print on but students may use other papers approved by the lab.

Payment

We can accept payment using your MICARD Flex account. Please make sure you have enough money on your account before coming to print.

Hours and appointments

Please check the printing hours and make an appointment to print through our web contact form.

For more information on printers, inks and papers please see the links below:

K3 Inks

"Epson UltraChrome K3 ink has improved print permanence characteristics that provide lightfastness ratings of up to 108 years for color and over 200 years for black and white." (inkjetart.com)

You can read more about the Inks here.

Making your files ready to print

  1. Your images need to be set at 288 Dpi
  2. Set the final image size up to 44” wide by 90” long
  3. You should set your color profiled for you image to Adobe 1998.icc or ProPhoto.icc

Papers supported on the grad printers

Epson Paper

  • Photo Quality Ink Jet
  • Presentation Paper Matte
  • Matte Paper Heavy Weight
  • Premium Presentation Paper Matte
  • Double-sided Matte Paper
  • Premium Presentation Paper
  • Matte Double-sided Enhanced Matte Paper
  • Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte
  • Premium Glossy Photo Paper
  • Premium Photo Paper Glossy
  • Premium Semi Gloss Photo Paper
  • Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss
  • Premium Luster Photo Paper
  • Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster
  • Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper
  • Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy

Ilford Paper

  • Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl
  • Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss

 

The Printers

We have a Epson 9800 with K3 inks. this printer can print up to 44" wide We have three types of paper made by Epson in the lab: Premium Gloss paperin 24" & 44" roll Premium Luster paper in 24" & 44" roll Enhanced Matte paper in a 24" roll Mate

We have all add a Epson 4800 with K3 inks to the line up. we will have 16"  roll Premium Luster paper for this printe.

You are encaged to bring in sheet papers to use with the Epson 4800.