Workshops > Wide Format Printing & Finishing

 

Description and Goals- Cancelled

 

Attend the five-day Wide Format Printing & Finishing workshop at a cost of $500, at RIT/NTID in Rochester, NY. The workshop will be held daily from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.

 

Large graphics such as point-of-purchase displays, signs, banners, vehicle wraps, and advertisements are part of everyday life. Producing very large (wide format) and display prints is a complex task requiring many technical skills and knowledge. In this workshop, you will learn about the different wide format technologies in use, how to select the appropriate material, prepare images for wide format output, set up and operate wide format printers, and laminate and finish wide format prints. Participants are encouraged to bring their own digital images to the workshop.


Topics

  • Understanding file formats
  • Maximizing existing files
  • Repurposing files.
  • Wide format printer processes (aqueous, solvent, UV curing, dye-sub,
    flat bed)
  • Archival quality and print duration
  • Print UV exposure and exposure to elements (weather, traffic, etc.)
  • Substrates and inks
  • Print drivers
  • RIP software
  • Setting up the printer as hardware
  • Setting printer software
  • Making wide-format prints
  • Maximizing print area (ganging and nesting jobs)
  • Making proofs and the customer approval process
  • Print evaluation and correction
  • Handling wide-format prints
  • Print finishing concerns
  • Front lamination
  • Board lamination
  • Edge finishing
  • Cut-outs
  • Putting it all together from A to Z
  • Pricing your prints


Prerequisites


The Wide Format Printing & Finishing workshop is a comprehensive workshop which will enable individuals to develop advanced-level capabilities. Participants should have intermediate to advanced Photoshop experience or have taken the Adobe Photoshop II (Advanced) workshop. Skills in working with desktop publishing software such as Adobe InDesign are a plus, but not required. This workshop will be taught in an Apple Macintosh environment.


Instructor: Tony Toscano


CEUs: 3.0

 

photo of Tony Toscano

 

Tony Toscano- Workshop Leader

 

Tony Toscano is a Associate Professor in the Arts & Imaging Studies department. He is CEO of a display company, a working artist and a committed teacher of people who are deaf and have multiple disabilities. His artwork has been exhibited in numerous galleries nationally and abroad and published in books and magazines. He is a recognized expert in the area of imaging and consults locally and regionally. Tony received a certificate in painting from the Atelier Frochot in Paris, France, a BFA in Print-Making and Photography from the Museum Art School in Portland, and a MFA in Fine Art Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

 

If you have questions about this workshop, contact the instructor at antnvc@rit.edu.

 

 

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