SCANOGRAPHY - a photographic technique for light printing

It's an work done with digital resourses (scanner and

printer) on an original intaglio print plate.
It's best described as a combination of traditional art

printmaking techniques and computer graphic prepress

techniques, although the opportunities afford stretch way

beyond mere layout.

This is a reflex print of the plate lit up by the scanner,
the colours being obtained through the play of light itself

during the scannng and the possibility of positive and

negative scanning. The final phase is the impression or

printout.

It's great for documenting phases of work on your plate or

for printing the whole work as opposed to the traditional

one where u need a printing press, expensive colors, and a

workshop or a room where to do it. In this case only thing

you need is a scanner, photoshop or any other alternative

photoprocessor and a printer. and to add to that many

alterations can be made to the work as you choose.

Made an example on my work (dont know any other way to post them so u can see in my profile bigger images and the difference in detail and so on)

1. Traditional ->[link]

2. Scanography ->[link]

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have to make a note that scanography is best made on a

plate not yet used for traditional printing cause of wear

and tear and the possibility of color cought up in scratches

that make the scan less good. (2.nd example one is a scan after 20

orig. prints)