The department's other functions include scanning photographs for the news department and the advertising department, as well as for several commercial jobs. This process includes shooting, imaging and developing film and plating it for the printing press. Most photos sent to the newspaper are color photos such as wedding, obituary and donated photos that have to be changed to black and white. Dark color photos can mean dark black and white photos, especially photos with reds and browns. Washed-out photos are a result of too much flash creating light areas that show up as pure white.
Grainy photos are a result of the texture of the print itself.
Scanning can do a lot to improve the quality of the photo, but your eyes are more sensitive to photo quality than any scanner. When submitting a photo, remember if it doesn't look good to you, it won't look good in the newspaper. The Enterprise Mountaineer's pressroom is where it all comes together. The press staff loads the metal plates, adjusts the ink which runs the 1,000 pound rolls of paper through the press. The Circulation department oversees all operations and functions regarding The Enterprise Mountaineer subscriptions and delivery.