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Ask the Experts Webinar – Inkjet Printing

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In this hour long FREE webinar the experts at Digital Silver Imaging will answer your questions about inkjet printing. This webinar is for anyone who wants to make fine art inkjet/giclée prints with a lab or on their own inkjet printer. During this open Q&A webinar we will be available to answer your questions about printing paper, inkjet printers, archival issues, monitors, calibration, presentation considerations and anything else inkjet print related.

Special – 25% Off + Free Shipping on your Direct-to-Print Print Order
First 25 customers only! Offer expires this Sunday 10/13/24
When ordering use promo code: ATE25
ORDER NOW

Direct-to-Print orders only, discount on prints only, does not apply to Custom Print orders. Free shipping in the continental US only.

 

Watch the 10/10/24 Webinar

 

Resources

Print Sample Promotion (Try 3 papers or our 2 DSI Digital Silver Print® papers)

The Making of a DSI Digital Silver Print® (True silver gelatin B&W print)

UV Protective Spray

Monitor settings (standard photo industry settings): D65 / 100-120 Candelas / Gamma 2.2 (If you are printing with DSI we recommend 100 Candelas)

Monitor Calibration Webinar

Calibrite Monitor Calibration Device – Display 123     Calibrite Monitor Calibration Device – Display SL

Choosing the Right Paper Webinar

Aspect Ratio vs Print Size

Direct-to-Print Ordering Tutorial

Print Permanence Chart (Photo Prints Compared) How Long will My Prints Last

Freestyle – Custom Profiles

Super Resolution in Adobe Photoshop

Nik Software

“Print Your Sh&t” T-Shirt

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Direct-to-Print Service9.30.2026

Direct-to-Print service gives you museum quality inkjet and true black & white DSI Digital Silver Prints® at a discount price. Direct-to-Print service cost less because you select the print size, make the cropping adjustment all online. We use the same meticulously calibrated and maintained inkjet (giclée) and silver gelatin print equipment as our Custom Printing services.

  • Free Shipping on orders over $125 (not valid on print orders with mounting, matting or framing)
  • Value Print service requires JPEG/JPG files (no .psd, .png, tiff).
  • Crop your images to the correct aspect ratio before uploading your photo.
  • Prints up to 11×14 ship 1st Class USPS. – Upgrade to Priority Mail or UPS Ground
  • Prints over 11×14 ship UPS Ground Standard
  •  Inkjet prints ship 3-5 days (unless multiple paper types selected)
  • DSI Digital Silver Prints® ship 5-7 days

For help exporting your files from Adobe Lightroom follow this link. We recommend that when converting color files to black & white that you preserve the RGB layers. Conversions can be made in Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. We also highly recommend the Nik Silver Efex (part of the DXO Nik Collection) software application for converting images to b&w. Crop your images to the correct aspect ratio before uploading. For optimal results, ensure your monitor is accurately calibrated, as we do not reprint or adjust Direct-to-Print orders. If it’s your first time printing with us, we suggest starting with a Print Sample Promotion.

 

Print Sample Promotion Box

 

DIRECT TO PRINT5x78X108X1210X1011X1412X1816X1616X2016X2420X2420X3024X3630x4040x60
B&W DSI Digital Silver Print® Fiber Gloss$55$55$66$68$105$146$154$178$214$267$333See CustomSee CustomSee Custom
B&W Fiber 2nd Copy$49.50$49.50$59.40$61.20$94.50$132.30$134.10$167.40$214$251.10$313.30
B&W DSI Digital Silver Print® RC Pearl
$32$32$38$39$61$85$90$112$135$168$210$303$360$720
B&W RC 2nd Copy$28.80$28.80$34.20$35.10$54.90$76.50$81$100.80$121.50$151.20$189$272.70$280.80$561.80
Pigment Photo Inkjet Papers$22$22$26$27$42$59$64$74$89$111$138$199$216$432
Pigment Photo 2nd Copy$19.80$19.80$23.40$24.30$37.80$53.10$57.60$66.60$80.10$99.90$124.20$179.10$194.40$388.80
Pigment Fine Art Papers$28$28$33$34$53$74$80$93$112$140$174$251$264$528
Pigment Fine Art 2nd Copy$25.20$25.20$29.70$30.60$47.70$66.60$72$83.70$100.80$126$156.60$225.90$237.60$475.20

 

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Custom Print Upload

Welcome to our new upload form. Upload as many as 8 files for our Custom Fine Art Printing services. We will send you a quote by email (please check your spam folder if you don’t receive it). Please review and confirm the quote by email or telephone. Your order will not go into production without a deposit or your approval.

  • You can send us up to 8 files in flattened .TIF uncompressed JPG. or RAW formats.
  • For best results upload files at their native resolution.
  • Help with Inkjet Surfaces: See our custom inkjet page
  • For help exporting your files from Adobe Lightroom follow this link
  • Make sure your file format matches the print’s aspect ratio

Having trouble?

Start by clearing your web browser’s cache ( Chrome | Safari ). You can always upload your file(s) to us using the free version of WeTransfer or Dropbox. Please include your contact information, email and phone, so we can get the specifics of your order.

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Colin Mckinley Workshops

Free 12×18 Print Offer

You’ve experienced the wonder of Moab and Arches National Park — now it’s time to immortalize your workshop in print. After all, a screen is no way to share the awesome experience you’ve just had with Colin and Kirsten Vignes Martin.

What’s even better: the first print is on Digital Silver Imaging and Colin. That’s right, we’ll make you a beautiful 12×18″ archival inkjet print on the paper of your choice and ship it all for free.* This is a $59 value!

Digital Silver Imaging is the preferred printer for Leica shooters like Mathieu Bitton, Craig Semetko, and DSI Printing Partner Gajan Balan, to name only a few. We are also a Hahnemühle Certified Gold Studio and a Canson Certified Lab.

*Free shipping in the continental US only. Please call us for international shipping charges.

 

How to order your FREE print

  1. Prepare your file. Starting with a calibrated computer monitor is always best. Size your file to 300 PPI and 12×18″ and save as a JPEG.
  2. If you’ve never used our Direct-to-Print Service we suggest you watch the quick video tutorial at the bottom of this page.
  3. Select your paper type, Links below.
  4. Follow prompts, don’t forget to enter your PROMO CODE
  5. Please complete all fields including shipping address, email and phone.
  6. Done! Your print will be mailed directly to your address.

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How-to-Order Video

 

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Customer Profile: Kevin Pineda Gould

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Kevin Pineda Gould photograph. Image of woman in light of street lamp at night
©Kevin Pineda Gould
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO by Kevin Pineda Gould -Hasidic man walking
©Kevin Pineda Gould

New York City is, without exception, one of the world’s greatest cities. Glamorous, iconic, tough, and gritty, it has inspired scores of artists. On a voyage of “self-discovery,” Kevin Pineda Gould left his home in Mexico to expand his horizons as a sound engineer in Manhattan. Then the pandemic hit and everything changed.

Needing a creative outlet, he picked up his girlfriend’s camera and began to wander the streets. That simple action has led to a body of photographic work, a book, and an established practice as a street photographer.

Pineda Gould’s images are distinctive, each carrying his unmistakable stamp of chiaroscuro intensity. He gravitates toward light most photographers would avoid—a spectrum of hard contrast and deep shadow. That palette makes his monochrome images mysterious, at times ominous, and always dramatic. He tips his hand to his inspirations in his social media posts, pairing images with music that evokes film noir and the classic black-and-white movies of Hitchcock and John Huston.

We have been fortunate to work with Kevin on a variety of projects, starting with black-and-white silver gelatin prints for his book, “Discovering Light.” The book itself is an impressive achievement, containing 66 stunning images, offset printed and beautifully designed by Simi Mahtani of Studio Simi Inc.. Pineda Gould takes the viewer on a visual journey through a New York that is a compilation of imagined narratives, with forms emerging from the shadows—materializing out of steam, fog, and hidden corners into shafts of light.

Interior book page - Discovering Light by Kevin Pineda Gould
Interior book page – “Discovering Light” by Kevin Pineda Gould

Not surprisingly, Kevin is also trained in film production, which brings us to the “why” of this post. We ran into him at the celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the first production Leica camera in New York. Digital Silver Imaging had printed a retrospective of historic images made with Leica cameras, and we were a partner in the events taking place on Gansevoort Square. During the weekend, Kevin mentioned he had an upcoming exhibition and wanted to make a short film around the print production. Of course we said yes. The resulting short exceeded our expectations with its beautiful imagery and poetic exploration of the power of the print.

The video begins with the statement by Kevin, “printing gives light a place to live.” The video accompanies this post, so you can enjoy it yourself and see the scale of Kevin’s print. The print is an Aluma Mount—a pigment print mounted to an aluminum composite known as DIBOND®. The finished print then receives a professional application of our Transparent UV Protective Coating. This seals the microporous surface of the print, protecting it from atmospheric pollutants and fingerprints. The coating also adds a UV inhibitor that extends the life of the print.

We believe Kevin is an emerging photographer of note. If you want to find out more about Kevin Pineda Gould or follow him on social media, we have included links below. His book is available for sale via this link, and he also he also conducts one-on-one street photography workshops and can be contacted through his website.

Thanks, Kevin, for the wonderful video—we can’t wait to see what’s next.

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Print for Purchasers of a Leica from KEH

Mathieu Bitton image of hands holding a book and cigar

Welcome Leica Photographer

Your complimentary 8×12 DSI Digital Silver Print® Fiber is waiting for you.


You chose a Leica Monochrom from KEH because you are committed to black and white. No color. No compromise. The team at Digital Silver Imaging built our lab on that same commitment. The DSI Digital Silver Print® Fiber is crafted exclusively for black and white imagery — and it is the finest black and white print available directly from a digital file.

How to Order Your Free Print

1. Prepare your image by sizing it to 8×12 at 300ppi.
2. Make any adjustments you desire to brightness, contrast, etc. A calibrated monitor gives the best results. We recommend working in the Adobe 1998 color space. If you need help exporting your file for print from Adobe Lightroom follow this link.
3. Save your file as a JPEG.
4. Make sure you have the PROMO Code from the postcard included with your camera.
5. Start you order by clicking the button below.
6. You will be taken to our DIrect-to-Print online ordering service
7. Drag your image into the image box on page and follow the prompts through check out
8. If you need help please give us a call during business hours at 617 489-0035.

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What Makes the DSI Digital Silver Print® Fiber Different


Most black and white prints are made with ink on paper. Ours are not. The DSI Digital Silver Print® Fiber is a true silver gelatin print, made the same way black and white photographs have been made for over a century — with light and chemistry. We use a photographic laser printer to expose your digital file directly onto heavy weight Ilford silver gelatin fiber base paper, which is then processed in liquid photographic chemistry, archivally washed, air dried, and flattened by hand.


The result is a print with completely neutral tones, richer shadow detail, no color cast, and proven archival superiority — a print that looks and feels like nothing else available from a digital file. Watch the video below to see how our DSI DIgital Silver® Print is made.


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