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Date : Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Ref.: do not spend a cent with any lab until you read this 02.docx
DO NOT SPEND A CENT WITH ANY LAB UNTIL YOU READ THIS! ENSURE YOU ASK THESE TOUGH QUESTIONS OF YOUR LAB!
AND REJECT THEM IF YOU DON’T GET UNAMBIGUOUS ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
Do you offer a full range of products & services?
Pixel Perfect offers a very wide range of top‐quality services to satisfy the discerning professional photographer. Photo Printing Canvas & Fine Art Printing Mounting & Laminating Acrylic Blocks Photo Books – Asukabook Imaging & Retouching Services Album Design Services Scanning Services
Do you run your photo printers at their highest DPI?
Even if your existing supplier has a Lambda (or similar machine) they probably run it at 200 dpi and have the audacity to charge you extra for 400 dpi prints. We NEVER run our Lambda at 200 dpi, only at 400dpi, so you never need to worry about substandard practices or shortcuts when you print at our professional lab.
Do you guarantee your colour accuracy with a strong money‐back guarantee?
We practice the highest level of colour management strategies, linearization and characterisation to deliver you the COLOUR ACCURACY & CONSISTENCY you demand. If you send us a file to print today and the same file in a year, (within certain tight tolerances) you will receive nearly identical prints. WE ARE THE ONLY LAB ANYWHERE TO GUARANTEE OUR COLOUR ACCURACY & CONSISTENCY!!
Do you provide technical support to ensure my computer is setup correctly?
Tragically many other print labs don’t provide you any technical support! We firmly believe that only when photographer and lab each takes responsibility for their respective portion of the workflow, does the magic of Perfect Pixels take place. Our entire ISO*‐compliant workflow is documented and explained clearly in “Working with Pixel Perfect”. This PDF is available from the Support page of our website. Our highly‐skilled technical support team is there to ensure you get fabulous results and troubleshoot any issues.
Do you have a professional colour management expert on hand to resolve my colour issues?
Please view some of the many Qualifications, Certifications, Awards and Credentials of our company & team. UGRA Certified Expert, Process Standard Offset (PSO) www.ugra.ch Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (USA) certified www.gain.net Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment & Training
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Pixel Perfect No duplication without written permission. E&OE. No liability is assumed for use of the information in this document. ABN : 17 093 553 238
90 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale NSW, 2008, Australia Tel: (02) 9319 0455 Fax: (02) 9310 7566 Web : www.pixelperfect.com.au E-Mail :
[email protected]
Date : Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Ref.: do not spend a cent with any lab until you read this 02.docx
www.anucollege.com.au Trainer 2006 & 2007: Diploma in IT Technology www.blendedlearning.com.au Speaker : PMA 2005, 2003 & 2001 www.pmai.org Speaker : Open Publish 2005 & 2001 www.openpublish.com.au Speaker : DAMAP 2005 www.damap.com.au HP certified DPSP & DesignJet Star Technician www.hp.com.au 1999 Micro Business Awards : Technology Winner 2003 NSW Micro Business Awards : Technology Winner 2003 NSW Small Business Awards : Technology Finalist
To the best of our knowledge we are the only anywhere lab to; Are you obsessed with minimising long‐term colour drift and maximising Linearize our Lambda every time we change media rolls. colour accuracy & compliance with Run control strips daily to tightly monitor our chemistry ISO* and ICC* standards? Linearize our Noritsu at least once a day. Keep our machinery in awesome condition. ICC* Profile every print process in our workflow. Precisely document all procedures to assure repeatability and accuracy. Provide you with the documentation you need to ensure your software, hardware and digital darkroom is set up to ISO* and ICC* standards. Do you use the finest machinery from the world’s leading manufacturers?
We use the world’s finest machinery from Durst (Lambda), Noritsu, Epson, Hewlett Packard and others. Our world‐class spectrophotometers & densitometers from X‐Rite, Gretag Macbeth and Barbieri allow us to implement with great precision our advanced colour strategies that have made us the envy of our competitors.
Do you use the finest media from the world’s leading manufacturers?
Whilst other labs often purchase the cheapest media and chemistry available, we only offer our valued clients the world’s finest professional photo media from Kodak & Fuji. Some of our premium media like Fuji Flex & Fuji Pearl deliver stunning prints which will make your client fall head‐over‐heels in love with your work. We use our inkjet printers primarily to create fabulous archival Canvas & Art Paper prints for you. We do not use them for photo prints (for good reason – we already have some of the world’s finest photo printers). We use superb 10 & 12 colour printers from market leaders Epson & HP. Each media is carefully linearized and profiled using on‐board or standalone top‐quality spectrophotometers.
ISO : International Standards Organisation ICC : International Color Consortium UGRA : Centre of Competence for Media and Printing Technology
www.iso.org www.color.org www.ugra.ch
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Pixel Perfect No duplication without written permission. E&OE. No liability is assumed for use of the information in this document. ABN : 17 093 553 238
90 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale NSW, 2008, Australia Tel: (02) 9319 0455 Fax: (02) 9310 7566 Web : www.pixelperfect.com.au E-Mail :
[email protected]