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Print

Meaning in photography, with examples

/prɪnt/nounCore term

In photography, print means: A photograph produced on paper or another material, such as canvas or metal, from a digital file or a negative.

In Turkish: baskı, fotoğraf baskısı

How it is used

Photographers order prints from a lab, sell fine art and limited-edition prints, and offer sizes such as A4, 30 × 40 cm or 8 × 10 inches. Also a verb: print a photo. Fine art prints are often made with long-lasting pigment inks, sometimes called giclée prints.

Example sentences

  1. The largest print we can make from this file is about 50 × 70 cm.

  2. Each print in the limited edition is signed and numbered.

Common collocations

  • fine art print
  • order prints
  • print size
  • limited-edition print
  • print lab
  • DPIShort for dots per inch: the number of ink dots a printer places in one inch. It is often used loosely to mean PPI (pixels per inch).
  • matteHaving a smooth surface that is not shiny and does not reflect much light. Used for photo papers, finishes and laminates.
  • test printA small or partial print made before the final one to check the colors, brightness, sharpness and choice of paper.
  • resolutionThe amount of detail in an image, usually given as its size in pixels (e.g. 6000 × 4000) or as how many pixels or dots fit into an inch when printed.
  • color spaceA defined range of colors that an image file, screen or printer can use, such as sRGB, Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB.

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