To make our tests of dye sub printers stand out we use unique photographic images. No clip art, no stock photos. We scan fresh material in our own Digital Imaging Technology Center. F.L.A.A.R. not only has 40,000 photographs to use as test material, we also have a collection of colorful native Maya textiles from Guatemala and Mexico. Heidelberg CPS in Germany kindly sent a Linotype-Hell flatbed scanner to our test center in Essen (Germany) so we can produce more than enough dpi to fill a dye sublimation test print.

textile test for dye-sub color printer Mayan textile for dye sublimation color printer. red Guatemalan weaving for digital color printer. Green native Maya weaving for testing digital color photograph printer and proofer.

Although F.L.A.A.R. studies Maya jade and polychrome vases, we do this in Latin America, not in our own office because we do not have or own any artifacts of this nature (it is not allowed by Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, or Honduras). We go directly to the museums in those countries to do our studies and bring back only photographs. But we do have indigenous Mayan textiles, since it is permitted for anyone to buy them, indeed purchasing them helps keep the Maya people employed.

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