The easy digitization of information has turned many of us into creators and manipulators of media. Digital cameras allow anyone to capture thousands of pictures at little cost, computers with capacious hard drives give us instant archiving and now Apple’s iPods let us carry up to 25,000 pictures with us at all times. Apparently there’s no need for film, photo labs and bulky photo albums.

And yet this issue of Fiber was shot by Christopher Wahl on 2 1/4" transparency film, and underwent a thorough pre-press process to benchmark the printability and dot gain characteristics of Ikono Gloss.

Work backwards – start with the paper
Knowing we were printing on Ikono gave us the assurance that every nuance captured on film would be faithfully rendered. The paper’s premium two-sided coating and brightness rating of 102 meant that we could count on exceptionally crisp dot formation, bright colours and maximum print contrast. In fact, Ikono consistently delivers one of the highest delta gloss ratings in its class. (Delta gloss is the difference between the ink gloss and the paper gloss. A positive delta gloss indicates that coating gloss is not lost when it contacts the ink.)