ERRATA
Following is a list of errors and corrections for the book Mastering Digital Printing. Also included are important updates to the text. -- Harald Johnson, author
Front Cover
(for first printing only, non-glossy cover) Second bullet point should read "Digital Painting" not "Printing." Same goes for the Title page.
Foreword
paragraph 1, line 3 - ("...printed at 30240.") should be "30 x 40".
Chapter 1: "Navigating the Digital Landscape"
page 15 - under "Lithography," better remove Rembrandt from the list of artists championing the process, especially since he died 129 years before it was invented! (thanks to Rudy Vonk for that catch)
Chapter 2: "Understanding Digital Printing"
page 43, box - "What About Type?": larger (and more decipherable) versions of the two figures (2.9 and 2.10) can be found by clicking and downloading the PDF here.
Chapter 3: "Comparing Digital Printing Technologies"
page 62, box - "Snapshot: Digital Printing": a more readable version of this table can be found by clicking and downloading the PDF here.
Chapter 4: "Creating and Processing the Image"
(for first printing only) As with the Foreword, several of the size dimensions have a "2" instead of the "X" symbol. Examples in this chapter are: page 92 caption ("of his normal 425 format"); page 98 caption ("Intuos2 9212 graphics tablet..."); page 99 (point #1: "... For many, a 425 or 628 tablet... anything smaller than 9212.")
(for first printing only) page 108 - Photoshop Elements does not have a Curves function, as written, but it does, indeed, have Levels.
Chapter 5: "Understanding and Managing Color"
(for first printing only) top of page 135, paragraph 1, lines 1-2 - First sentence should read: "Instead of using eyes and a brain, which are easily fooled, a color management system utilizes cold, hard, unbiased numbers."
Chapter 6: "Not Fade Away: Print Permanence"
page 174, 3rd paragraph - UPDATE: Henry Wilhelm's site (www.wilhelm-research.com) came back online on November 26, 2002. The WIR testing results shown on pages 180-181 of Chapter 6 are a good starting point (and the latest available information when the book went to press), but even more current data is available both on the Wilhelm site and on the Print Permanence page of this site.
Chapter 7: "Picking an Inkjet Printer"
(for first printing only) page 195, box - Again, the "X" symbol turned into a number "2" under the Maximum Resolution column: 288021440 should be 2880 x 1440.
(for first printing only) page 194-195, box - the heading "Street Price" should be "Estimated Street Price"
page 202, paragraph 2, line 8 - The sentence "EPSON is the most popular printer line...") should read "...currently the most popular printer line for photographer-artists" (or for this type of digital output). HP is the overall market leader in inkjet printer sales.
Chapter 8: "Choosing Your Consumables"
Tables 8.1 and 8.2 (pages 226-227 and page 232) - Just to emphasize that Table 8.1 is for PIGMENT inks, and Table 8.2 is for DYE-BASED.
(for first printing only) page 238 - under ILFORD Inkjet Fine Art, the third line "It is used for dye-based inks" is incorrect. This paper is designed to be used with dye and pigment-based inks/printers.
page 247 - ILFORD has pointed out that the caption under the image on this page is potentially misleading. Rather than being "designed to be compatible with specific types of inks and printers," they feel that it would be more accurate to say that "Galerie papers were designed to be compatible with all photo-quality inkjet printers. ILFORD provides recommended printer settings for specific combinations of printers, media, and inks." Fair enough.
UPDATE: There are several mentions in this chapter (and on page 217 of the previous one) of the BrightCube company, which made some nice printing papers and marketed the BrightCube Solution print-on-demand system. Unfortunately, the company went bankrupt as the book was being finalized. Some of the best papers like the Eclipse line are being picked up and distributed by other suppliers, and two of the company's principals have reformed to market a similar print-on-demand system under the names Image Advantage Systems and Belle Couleur.
Chapter 10: "Print for Pay: Using a Professional Print Service"
(for first printing only) page 291, last paragraph, first line - my translation for the French term bon à tirer might be better said as "good to pull or print in French."
Chapter 11: "Special Printing Techniques"
UPDATE: On page 324 (and in other sections of the book), I write about "Jon Cone's PiezographyBW system." There is apparently a dispute between Cone Editions Press and R9 Corporation/Sundance Image Technology about who developed the product and who owns it. I won't step into the middle of that, but I will offer alternative places (in addition to the ones already mentioned in the book) where you can read about or purchase one or the other system:
Cone: www.inkjetmall.com
R9/Sundance: www.BWGuys.com
Part IV: Gallery Showcase
(for first printing only) The Running Heads in this section are incorrect. (Running Heads are the lines at the top that tell you which chapter you're reading.) Unfortunately, these are the ones from Chapter 4.
Appendix
page 353 - Photographer Ben Blackwell was omitted from the listing of photographer-artists. He can be reached via e-mail at bblackw@uclink.berkeley.edu.
(for first printing only) page 354 - Photographer John Livzey's name is spelled with a "z" not an "s."
page 366 - Three workshops/schools were left out of this section: Brooks Institute of Photography (Santa Barbara, CA), International Center of Photography (New York, NY), and The Maine Photographic Workshops (Rockport, ME). For more information about them, go to www.dpandi.com/resources/workshops/workshops.html.
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