Digital Sample Set

The Digital Sample Set, compiled by the Mellon Collaborative Workshops in Photograph Conservation, consists of 25 digital and traditional print samples all made from digital files. Useful as a research tool or for educational purposes, this binder of prints is being offered for sale as long as supplies last. Subsidized by generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, some of the print types included are extinct, and others are rare or expensive within the mainstream use of the media. The four-color pigment print (#24) alone, for example, is worth $180. The Sample Set Binders are available to institutions for $400 and to individuals for $300. The notebook measures 2.5" (6.4 cm) x 11.75" (30 cm) x 13.38" (34 cm).

To order please fill out a request form and mail to:
Photograph Conservation
Attn: Adrienne Fletcher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Or for more information please contact Adrienne Fletcher at adriennefletcher_ at_gmail.com or at The Metropolitan Museum of Art at 1-212-570-3810.

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The sample set binder includes the following processes:

  1. Digital exposure to Chromogenic paper (under magnification: no "soft grid' apparent)

  2. Digital exposure to Chromogenic paper (under magnification: "soft grid' apparent)

  3. Digital exposure to silver dye bleach paper

  4. Digital exposure to silver gelatin fiber based paper

  5. Digital exposure to Chromogenic transparency film

  6. Digital exposure to silver gelatin film

  7. Fuji Pictrography

  8. Direct thermal (D1T1)

  9. Direct thermal transfer (D1T2)

  10. Dye diffusion thermal transfer (D2T2), also known as Dye Sublimation

  11. Electrophotography (black and white dry toner)

  12. Electrophotography (color dry toner)

  13. Electrophotography (liquid toner)

  14. Inkjet (liquid, dye based, continuous) on fine art paper

  15. Inkjet (liquid, pigment based, DOD [drop on demand]) on fine art paper

  16. Inkjet (monochrome liquid, DOD [drop on demand]) on fine art paper

  17. Inkjet (liquid, pigment based, DOD [drop on demand]) on uncoated paper

  18. Inkjet (liquid, pigment based, DOD [drop on demand]) on coated paper

  19. Inkjet (liquid, pigment-based, DOD [drop on demand]) on coated RC paper

  20. Inkjet (liquid, dye based, DOD [drop on demand]) on coated RC paper

  21. Inkjet (liquid, pigment based, DOD [drop on demand]) on coated paper

  22. Offset printing with AM screening

  23. Offset printing with FM screening

  24. Pigment transfer process from digitally produced separation negatives

  25. Thermal Autochrome
.[last updated: 05/08]