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Profitable Print Applications and Innovations at Free Canon Workshop

Canon LexJet Printing Workshops
Hey! What’s that? It’s the entry into Canon’s showrooms where you’ll see the latest innovations in cameras, printers, camcorders, projectors and more when you attend the free printing workshop at Canon’s HQ in Melville, N.Y., on Oct. 22.

 

The free printing workshop that’s being hosted at Canon U.S.A.’s new headquarters facility in Melville, N.Y., on Tuesday, Oct. 22, will feature an in-depth look at profitable print applications.

A bonus for attendees of the free workshop is the opportunity to get an exclusive look at Canon’s latest innovations in consumer and professional equipment, including:

  • Consumer products: PowerShot and EOS cameras, VIXIA High Definition camcorders, and PIXMA photo and business printers
  • Professional products: EOS digital SLR cameras, Cinema EOS cameras, HD camcorders, and the full lineup of Canon’s EF, cinema and broadcast lenses
  • Photo gallery: Features Explorer of Light images, each tagged with information about the Canon camera and printer used to create the capture and the output
Canon LexJet Printing Workshop
The Large Format Printers showcase at Canon’s HQ in Melville, N.Y.

And that’s not all… Canon’s headquarters showrooms also feature innovations in projectors, production printers, Canon’s Mixed Reality System (combines the virtual world of CGI with the real world), scanners, and more.

The free printing workshop takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 22, and will cover print applications relevant to your market with application demonstrations, surefire production techniques to increase efficiency and profitability.

Workshop attendees will also receive a $50 gift certificate from LexJet, inkjet media swatchbooks, special printer and inkjet media promotions, printed samples, and other giveaways.

The number of attendees each day is limited, so please contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538 to learn more about the workshop or to register to attend at Canon headquarters in Melville on Oct. 22. Registration ends on Friday, Oct. 18.

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Digital Art Creation Magazine App Now at iTunes

Magazine for digital art and productionAs noted earlier in July here at the LexJet Blog, Digital Art Creation magazine premiered as a digital publication and is now available optimized for the iPad at Apple’s iTunes store. The app is free and a monthly subscription is $3.99.

However, you can access the July issue for free by using the code: issue1_preview. To use the code, click on this link, then click on subscribe>current subscribers and put the code in the window. A free read-only text version is also available at the website.

Published monthly, Digital Art Creation focuses on photography techniques, post capture software and techniques, printing and post-printing ideas, and an exploration of a variety of other techniques and platforms.

The August issue is expected to be ready around Aug. 15 and will be available at both iTunes and the Digital Art Creation website. Here’s a preview of the subjects that will be covered in the August issue: 

  • Attorney Carolyn Wright talks about copyright issues
  • Artist Melissa Gallo demonstrates some Corel Painter techniques
  • Renoir is featured in the Old Masters section
  • Marketing Buzz profiles Cookie Monster, Mr. Rogers and Bob Ross’s Happy Trees
  • Find out the truth about the color wheel as Scott Naismith urges you to choose between the proverbial red and blue pills. Part two of a three part series
  • The Great Output section provides helpful direction on fine art and fine photo printing, plus choosing the best rendering intent
  • Skip Allen shows how to build custom libraries for you brushes in Corel Painter

For more information, go to www.digitalartcreation.com. Back issues of Digital Paint Magazine – the precursor to Digital Art Creation dedicated primarily to digital painting – can be found at www.digitalpaintmagazine.com. June 2012 was the last issue.