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MHE's first aim is to make prints that faithfully interpret the artist's original work. Every effort is made to capture the clarity and nuance of that original image without showing the hand of the operator/translator.
The second goal is to make prints of the highest archival standards given today's technology. The process begins with a high resolution scan from either a print, negative or color transparency. A test print is then made; the first step in a series of adjustments that may produce dozens of test prints, each with subtle changes. Normally this exercise takes several days before there is agreement on a final rendering.
Final prints are made with four or more values of carbon black pigments. These neutral pH pigments are laid onto an all rag, acid free paper via microscopic jets. The marriage of chemistries, that of the paper and the pigments, is critical for maximum archival stability. The tonal scale rendered by this process is visibly greater than any other available. Given the care necessary for all works on paper, the life of these prints will exceed 100 years.
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