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 US 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," said 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 info, go to www.lexjet.com