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Digital Printing Start-Up Guide
Thomson Course Technology PTR, 2005
ISBN: 1592005047
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New Start-Up Guide Helps Anyone with a Digital Camera Make Better Digital Prints
Boston, MA, and Charlottesville, VA, Thursday, May 5, 2005 - Thomson Course Technology, the worldwide leader in computer education products and services and part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), today announces the release of the one-stop guide to digital printing and sharing your photos: Digital Printing Start-Up Guide. Adapted from Harald Johnson's best-selling "bible" of digital printing (Mastering Digital Printing, Second Edition) and published by Thomson Course Technology (www.courseptr.com), Digital Printing Start-Up Guide gives readers an introduction to the basics of image creation, editing, and printing; explains the advantages and disadvantages of inkjet and other digital printing technologies; and shows readers how to make better digital prints.
Written for beginner and intermediate photographers, scrapbook enthusiasts, artists, and digital camera owners, Digital Printing Start-Up Guide gives practical advice on the digital imaging and photo-printing process. Concentrating on photo printing, this book includes plenty of sidebars, charts, diagrams, and photos illustrating each concept.
"This version of my book is a great introduction to this exploding medium," says author and imaging consultant, Harald Johnson. "Part overview and part how-to, Digital Printing Start-Up Guide not only walks readers through a complete, step-by-step workflow for making a great inkjet print, but it also includes sections on how to pick the right inkjet printer, and how to choose inks and papers. The techniques described in this book have enabled photographers, artists, and image enthusiasts all over the world to create and produce their imagery in a way that has never been available to them before: with high-quality digital printing."
Readers of Digital Printing Start-Up Guide will learn how to:
* Understand the differences between digital printing technologies.
* Make a great inkjet print by following the book's complete, step-by-step workflow process.
* Take full advantage of both at-home and at-retail photo sharing and printing techniques.
Available now in bookstores everywhere:
Digital Printing Start-Up Guide, ISBN: 1592005047, 276 pages, US $24.99/CAN, $35.95
www.courseptr.com
About the Author
Harald Johnson has been immersed in the world of commercial and fine-art imaging and printing for more than 25 years. A former professional photographer, designer, and creative director, Johnson is an imaging consultant, the head of his own marketing communications agency, and the creator of DP&I.com (www.dpandi.com), the digital printing and imaging resource for photographers and digital/traditional artists. Johnson is the author of Mastering Digital Printing, first and second editions.
About The Thomson Corporation and Thomson Course Technology
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2004 revenues from continuing operations of $8.10 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) has approximately 38,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. Its learning businesses and brands serve the needs of individuals, learning institutions, corporations and government agencies with products and services for both traditional and distributed learning. As part of the Thomson Corporation, Thomson Course Technology (www.course.com) is the worldwide leader in computing education, offering more than 1,600 print and innovative technology-based products for business and technology training.
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Publisher Contact: Jordan Casey, Course Technology PTR, tel: (617) 757-8196, email: jordan.casey@thomson.com
Author Contact: Harald Johnson, tel: (434) 974-4952, email: harald@dpandi.com
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