Digital Print Project
For this project, explore techniques, new equipment, and software features surrounding one type of digital-printing technology that interests you. Here are some suggestions:

photo retouching
3D printing
multi-function machines
CAD printing machines
T-shirt printing machines
desktop engravers
If you have access to the machine and software connected with your printing technology choice, do some hands-on work to learn more about its features and to improve your skills. If you do not have access to the digital-design software or are interested in professional technologies like 3D printing, you may concentrate on the equipment and process through an online user’s manual.

You should have two kinds of data backing up your report:

DATA COLLECTED HANDS-ON from a physical machine in one or more of these locations:

a school
a public library workshop
a knowledgeable friend or teacher
print professionals
INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH from at least two of the following:

company websites
free tutorials
designers’ websites
publishing websites
Remember, your report must include both hands-on data and online research information.

Present your project as a three-five page report, plus either:

an eight- to ten-slide presentation, or
• an actual final print that you have made and a digital file of your result.
Your written presentation should clearly explain:

why you chose your selection,
how you actually worked with your selection,
what equipment, software versions, and print interfaces you used,
what you researched that proved helpful,
what type of training or degree program is required working in a field using your chosen digital printing technology,
what you learned about available schools, tutorials, or courses that will sufficiently prepare someone interested in a job using that technology,
whether you like your choice and what you have concluded as a result of your research.