Scanning
Drum scan for Iris printing
If you are photographer and have film you want to print as Iris prints or if you are a painter and have high quality film of the original (if you don't think your film is high quality enough, see Digital Capture), we drum scan the film to create a digital file for Iris printing.
We use a drum scanner because it is the very best of all scanners. In order to make great Iris prints, you need to have the highest quality scanned files possible. Drum scanners can separate more detail and tonality than flatbed scanners or professional film scanners. We scan for a full resolution (300 dpi) for size of output you request.
We can scan any film type up to 11"x14". After we scan, all files are then cleaned and made ready for proofing.
Drum scan for your own printer
If you are not interested in making Iris prints but want to have the better quality scanned files for your own desktop printers, we can also scan your film for that purpose at a lower price.
For printing on consumer level printers, the scanned files don't have to be as large as the ones for Iris printing since the size of output will be smaller. These files are set for 300 dpi at roughly 11"x14" in RGB.
After we scan, we will burn the files to a multi-formatted CD and send it to you along with the scanned materials you provided.