For photographers and artists who want to learn how to make professional-quality prints on a wide-format inkjet printer, Great Output magazine is presenting a seminar entitled Professional Photographic and Fine-Art Printing: From Start to Finish. Conducted by LexJet and sponsored by Canon, the Great Output Seminar Tour will visit 20 U.S. cities between September 2008 and March 2009.

During the one-day educational program, digital-printing expert Tom Hauenstein will demonstrate color-management techniques for optimizing print quality, and efficient workflows for producing the highest number of sellable prints with the least amount of wasted time, ink, and materials.

He will also show some of the innovative ways that LexJet’s inkjet-printable art papers, photo papers, canvases, fabrics, vinyls, and films are being used for new forms of artistic expression and to create distinctive new products or studio promotions.

“Our goal is to explain the inkjet printing process in a clear and understandable way,” explains Hauenstein. “We’ll demonstrate how to calibrate and profile monitors and how to make custom media profiles so that photographers and artists can use their inkjet printers for the broadest possible range of studio-business and artistic applications.”

During the seminar, Hauenstein will use Canon imagePROGRAF printers to show how simple it can be for creative professionals of all skill levels and backgrounds to create superb-quality prints. The content will be relevant for all types of art reproduction and photography, including portrait, wedding, event, sports, and fine-art photography.

Below are the cities and dates for the Great Output Tour 2008/09:

2008

Sept. 15: Pittsburgh

Sept. 17: Washington, D.C.

Sept. 29: Boston

Oct. 1: New York

Oct. 13: Chicago

Oct. 15: Indianapolis

Oct. 27: Denver

Oct. 29: Minneapolis

Nov. 10: Seattle

Nov. 12: Portland

2009

Jan. 19: San Francisco

Jan. 21: Los Angeles

Feb. 9: Santa Fe

Feb. 11: Dallas

Feb. 23: Cincinnati

Feb. 25: Nashville

March 9: Charlotte

March 11: Atlanta

March 23: Miami

March 25: Orlando

The Great Output Seminar registration fee of $49 includes seminar handout materials, lunch, refreshments, giveaways, and special discounts on photography-related products. For more information, and to register, contact a LexJet account specialist at 800-453-9538, or go to greatoutput.com.

ABOUT THE GREAT OUTPUT SEMINAR

The 2008/09 Great Output Seminar Tour incorporates suggestions from the more than 1,500 photographers and artists who attended the inaugural Great Output Seminar, which visited 16 U.S. cities in the fall of 2007 and spring of 2008. Those attendees gave the seminar content high marks. Post-seminar survey data collected from all sites of the first Great Output Seminar indicated an Overall Satisfaction Rating of 92 percent. This rating takes into account the percentages of attendees who said they would recommend the seminar, and those who said they would attend it again.

“A lot of seminars I’ve attended have either been too technical or too elementary. The Great Output Seminar, on the other hand, was quite beneficial to me as an advanced user of print technology, and it made a big difference for the beginners who attended the seminar with me. The instructor, Tom Hauenstein, was clear, concise, and helpful. I would certainly attend again,” says Sheila de Lemos, owner of AfterImage in Miami.

Registration information and more details about the location of each stop on the Great Output Seminar Tour can be found at the Seminar Tour section of the Great Output website.

ABOUT LEXJET

LexJet is a one-stop, direct source for all kinds of equipment, materials, and software used to digitally print photographs, art, and commercial graphics. Dedicated to total convenience and personal customer service, LexJet provides one-day ground delivery to most of the continental United States, telephone and on-line ordering, highly trained account specialists, free and unlimited product and technical support, and extensive educational resources. (www.lexjet.com)

ABOUT CANON

Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranking third overall in the U.S. in 2007, with global revenues of $39.3 billion, is listed as one of Fortune’s Most Admired Companies in America, and is on the 2007 BusinessWeek list of “Top 100 Brands.” (www.usa.canon.com)

ABOUT GREAT OUTPUT MAGAZINE

Great Output is LexJet’s bi-monthly educational magazine for professional photographers and artists who want to learn more about how to print, finish, display, and sell their work. Visitors to the Great Output website can downloaded PDF copies or request a complimentary subscription (www.greatoutput.com).