The Digital Print: Preparing Images in Lightroom and Photoshop for Printing

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Page
3. Dedication Page
4. Table of Contents
5. Introduction
6. Chapter 1. A Digital Printing Primer
   1. A Brief History of Digital Printing
   2. Types of Digital Printers
   3. Picking a Printer
   4. Printing In-House vs. a Service Bureau or Photo Lab
7. Chapter 2. Color Management
   1. Understanding the Color of Color Management
   2. Understanding the Management of Color Management
   3. Applied Color Management
8. Chapter 3. Preparing images for printing
   1. Preparing the RGB Master image
   2. Image and Output Resolution
   3. Preparing a Color Image for Black-And-White Printing
   4. Soft Proofing
   5. Preparing Images For Halftone Reproduction
9. Chapter 4. Making the Print
   1. Before You Print
   2. Printing from Photoshop
   3. Printing from Lightroom
   4. Printing a Black-and-White Image
10. Chapter 5. Attributes of a Perfect Print
    1. What Is a “Perfect Print”?
    2. Print Substrates (Paper/Media)
    3. Print Finishing
    4. Print Presentation
    5. Print Storage
    6. Print Longevity
11. Chapter 6. Developing a Printing Workflow
    1. An Example Fine Art Print Workflow
    2. When to print in Photoshop vs. Lightroom—The Best Workflow
    3. Print Troubleshooting
    4. Preparing an Image for Printing by a Service Bureau or Photo Lab
    5. Using a Third-Party RIP
12. Index