3/1/07: New Designer and Imaging Tech

Emily Critchlow, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon's School of Design, has joined us as a Designer and Imaging Technician. Emily comes to us from Kolano Design were she worked in such areas as print, web and environmental graphics. Her training and experience in these areas will enable us to offer a broader range of services to our customers in both the academic and research communities.

2/1/05: Archival, exhibition quality photographic printing

We now offer archival, exhibition quality photographic printing. These prints have a wide color gamut, a true neutral black and high color fidelity and are ideal when the quality of your image is important such as with photographic imagery, fine art and scientific visualization. A variety of photographic and art media is available.

1/17/05: New Photographer and Imaging Tech

Stephen Baden, a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology in advertising photography, has joined us as Photographer and Digital Imaging Technician. Stephen's training and experience in these areas will enable us to enhance and improve our services in digital photography and reproduction, scanning and digital printing.

1/28/03: Award of Excellence for Publications/Annual Reports

Our Tim Kaulen was the principal photographer for the 2001 SEI Annual Report which won best-of-category awards from the Pittsburgh chapters of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The SEI Annual Report is available online at ... www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/01.reports/01ar.html

9/18/2002: Reproduction Quality Scanning Introduced

PGS now offers high-res, reproduction quality scans suitable for the most demanding image-intensive professional from your flat art, photographs, slides, transparencies and negatives for retouching, image enhancement, photocomposites, presentations, data projection, offset printing and digital output. (Click here for more details) What are some of the benefits of using us for this service? Image quality: high spatial and color resolution good enough for almost any application including traditional offset printing; good dynamic range including shadow and highlight detail; color fidelity and low noise levels Our expertise in scanning various types of originals for various kinds of output and applications Our expertise and ability to improve images through editing or manipulation Cost: Prices lower than comparable services outside the university

1/7/2002: Mounting and Lamination Services

PGS now offers mounting, lamination and encapsulation of printed materials up to 42" wide. Prints, posters, signage and other materials used in displays, exhibits and presentations can be made more durable and will last longer if mounted to a substrate, protected with a laminated coating or encapsulated. We offer mounting on substrates that range from light-duty, economical, foam board to heavy-duty, rigid foam core panels that will resist denting, bending and warping. Our laminates, which are available in gloss and satin finishes, contain specially formulated UV inhibitors that absorb the damaging light waves that can cause image fading.