DDA Digital Imaging Lab
Myrtle Hall, 5th floor

 

Hours

Lab hours are posted on the door of the imaging lab. Hours vary from semester to semester, but are usually five days per week during the daytime. A DDA graduate assistant student is assigned to the room during those hours. That graduate assistant student must be present in order for you to use the room. The DDA makes an effort to have the Lab staffed as close to all day every day as possible. If you observe problems with grad assistants not being present when they are scheduled to be, bring it to the attention of the DDA office.

Papers

The Print Lab carries only two papers – Epson Enhanced Matte and Epson Luster. Both are carried as 44” rolls.

Students may purchase and use other papers for themselve, but if and only if those papers are prepared papers for digital printing. Non-digital print papers (watercolor, etc) may not be used. Exception: There is a small printer in the Lab which is intended for experimental papers. For any non-digital paper, the paper must be approved by your instructor, the DDA lab managers, or the grad assistant on duty.

Pricing for printing

Students enrolled in an approved DDA Imaging class are allotted $50 free printing. Payment for printing -- either by using this credit, or by cash -- is made through the DDA office. Talk with the grad assistant on duty and/or the DDA Assistant to the Chairperson in the DDA office for details. Once your free allotment is used up, you pay at rates specified by the DDA office.

Students not given a free allotment may also print at the above rates.

Instructional Links

 

The Pratt Institute Digital Output Center (DOC)

The Institute also has highly professional Digital Output Center (DOC)in the Engineering building, second floor. This facility has about 15 high-end printers,a wide selection of fine-art papers, transparency, mylar, and fabric. The DOC is professionally staffed and the equipment and software is professionally maintained. It is open 7 days a week, including night hours. All Pratt students, including DDA students, are free to use this DOC. Within the DOC, there is a special lab, the Digital Photo Lab (DPL) which is for use by Pratt graduate students only.All students receive a $10 credit toward printing. Payment for prints beyond this credit is made through your PrattCard.