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Plateworks Lab

Your best photos belong in the real world.

Now booking. Full service through April.

A lone boulder stands on a sagebrush slope above a white playa, with a small figure walking below it.

Fine art prints of your photographs, one at a time, from a lab in Reno. Check a photo, approve a proof, and it ships on a Tuesday or Friday.

Signature prints from $69. I reply with what your photo can be before you pay anything, and you approve a proof before it prints. If the print doesn't match the proof, I reprint it free.

Printer
Canon PRO-1100
Paper
Red River Premium Matte 230 & Aurora Art Natural 300
Largest
17 × 66 in

From an 11 × 17 to a 66-inch panorama

Anything outside the sizes below is quoted individually.

A smoke column rises over a pine-covered hill beyond a ranch fence and a dry meadow.

Want to see it before you send it? Soft-proof your file with Red River's profile for this printer and paper, the same one I print with.

How it goes

Request

Today. Send the request with the size and paper you want, then upload your photo on the next page. I reply with what it can be before you pay anything.

Reply and invoice

Within a day. One email with what I see in your photo and a Stripe invoice. Work starts when the invoice is paid.

Proof

Then a screen proof on the exact paper profile, with two revision rounds included. The screen proof you approve is the standard your print is held to. Diptychs, triptychs and panoramas include a physical proof by mail.

Tuesday or Friday, on the second ship day after you approve. Approve by Monday evening and it ships Friday, by Thursday evening and it ships the following Tuesday, with tracking by email. Local pickup in Reno is free.

Repeat customer? Members ($14 a month or $100 a year) get free US shipping on every Art Prints and Photo Lab order ($12 off shipping outside the US), one week of early access to new fine art prints, priority scheduling, and an expert review of each photo for the best possible print.

Who's printing this

I'm Dom. I photograph the high and low desert, the Sierra Nevada and the alkaline lakes, and I print my own work on the same printer and paper I'll use for yours.

A person kneels among rocks and sagebrush with three dogs, above a white playa and distant mountains.

See my prints

Sizes and prices

Included with every printFile checkTest stripTrimmed by hand

PrintPremium Matte 230Aurora Art Natural 300Physical proofShipping
11 × 17 in$69$89$15 add-on$8
17 × 22 in$99$129$15 add-on$12
Diptych, two 17 × 22 in$179$229Included$12
Triptych, three 17 × 22 in$259$339Included$12
Panorama, 17 in tall, up to 44 in$179$229Included$12
Panorama, 17 in tall, up to 66 in$259$339Included$12
Starter Set, ten 4 × 6 in$35Not offeredNo proofing$8

Premium Matte 230. A smooth, bright white matte sheet with no glare, so your eye stays on the detail. It's heavier than the matte papers sold in stores and keeps color true. Acid-free, and the standard paper for every print.

Aurora Art Natural 300. A heavy, 100% cotton fine art sheet made in the USA, with a soft natural white and a semi-smooth surface you can feel in the hand. It has no optical brighteners, so its tone holds steady for years, and it's certified to archival standards (ISO 9706). It's made for landscapes, portraits and warm black-and-white work you mean to hang for a long time.

Starter Set. Ten 4 × 6 prints from your print-ready files, with no editing or proofing. Limit two sets per customer per month.

Founding Ten, $79 shipped. Ten customers can buy one 17 × 22 Signature print on Aurora Art Natural 300 (public price $129 plus $12 shipping). In exchange: a testimonial within 14 days, a photo of the print in place, and permission to feature the work in the portfolio. Unlimited revisions for this cohort, and a physical proof is the usual $15 add-on. It closes when ten are sold or at day 45, whichever comes first.

Every print is a Signature print: file review, editing for print, a soft proof on the exact paper profile, two revision rounds, output preparation, the print, inspection, and archival packaging. If your file is already print-ready, skip the revisions; the review and inspection happen either way.

Shipping is in the table. Local pickup in Reno is free, and packages at 17 × 22 and up are insured. Pay by card through Stripe. Your payment link arrives by email, no account needed.

Start to finish, a single print takes about a week to ten days from your request, if you answer the proof within a day. A diptych, triptych or panorama, or any order with a mailed proof, takes two to three weeks.

Christmas. The last ship day I'd trust is Tuesday, December 15. Friday, December 18 still reaches most of the US. Approve your proof by Thursday evening, December 10 to ship on the 15th, or by Monday evening, December 14 to ship on the 18th. To be sure of the 15th, send a single-print request by Friday, December 4. Diptychs, triptychs, panoramas and orders with a mailed proof aren't promised for Christmas unless you skip the mailed proof; then the single-print dates apply. Reno pickup runs through Wednesday, December 23.

A physical proof is an 8.5 × 11 print that shows your crop and color, so treat it as a guide to the finished print. It mails on the next Tuesday or Friday after you approve the screen proof.

Proof-Match Promise. If your final print doesn't match the screen proof you approved, it's reprinted free. One policy reprint per order. Shipping damage and lost shipments are reprinted free after the carrier claim is filed.

Full terms: Terms

Most of your best work has never been on paper.

Send one photo and I'll tell you what it can be. I reply before you pay anything, and nothing prints until you approve the proof. Or check it first and pick a size.

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