Re: What do the photo labs print with?
graywolf wrote: > Actually, I think, most modern commercial labs use some variation > of laser printing (and not a very high res one, either) on photographic > paper these days (Fuji Frontier, etc). The lab I use has a pair of Agfa D-Labs (a -2 and a -3). They print at 400ppi continuous tone. Note that being a continuous-tone process you can't directly compare it with inkjet resolutions (ppi vs dpi and all that sort of thing). The built-in film scanner in these machines is only 2k x 3k pixels. The emphasis of these machines is speed rather than fine-art quality. I have submitted my own files before and the results were excellent. But the 18x12" prints I had done from 6x7 were less than ideal (luckily these were freebies). One day I'd like to have a 6x7 slide drum scanned, then have a giclee print made. I would love to see what that process is capable of. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: What do the photo labs print with?
the low end labs do the same. the difference between low and high is resolution and paper handling. Lightjet 5000 machines typically can handle up to 60 inches wide. Herb - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: What do the photo labs print with? > Heck, one high-end lab I work with uses a variation of laser printing > on photographic paper. It has three lasers which optically expose the > paper (at a resolution of 305ppi), and the paper then goes through the > usual chemical bath.
Re: What do the photo labs print with?
Actually, I think, most modern commercial labs use some variation of laser printing (and not a very high res one, either) on photographic paper these days (Fuji Frontier, etc). John Francis wrote: This one time, at band camp, "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Photo labs do every kind of printing. What are you talking about? What type of printing machines do they use? dye sublimation or other? "Other", usually. They don't use printers - they use light-sensitive photographic paper, enlargers, and chemicals, just as people have been doing for decades. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com "You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway."
Re: What do the photo labs print with?
Or automated printers that use chemicals.. Bill - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:23 PM Subject: Re: What do the photo labs print with? > > > > This one time, at band camp, "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Photo labs do every kind of printing. > > > > > > What are you talking about? > > > > What type of printing machines do they use? > > dye sublimation or other? > > "Other", usually. They don't use printers - they use light-sensitive > photographic paper, enlargers, and chemicals, just as people have been > doing for decades. > >
Re: What do the photo labs print with?
This one time, at band camp, "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well...more common is a minilab, and increasingly common is the > digital minilab. This is more what I am talking about, what type of printing are they doing when Mr/Mrs Smith walk in with their holiday snaps? The stick the roll of film in one end and photo's come out the other. Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \) \_||_| \) \) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia
RE: What do the photo labs print with?
> -Original Message- > From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > This one time, at band camp, "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Photo labs do every kind of printing. > > > > > > What are you talking about? > > > > What type of printing machines do they use? > > dye sublimation or other? > > "Other", usually. They don't use printers - they use > light-sensitive > photographic paper, enlargers, and chemicals, just as > people have been > doing for decades. Well...more common is a minilab, and increasingly common is the digital minilab. tv
Re: What do the photo labs print with?
> > This one time, at band camp, "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Photo labs do every kind of printing. > > > > What are you talking about? > > What type of printing machines do they use? > dye sublimation or other? "Other", usually. They don't use printers - they use light-sensitive photographic paper, enlargers, and chemicals, just as people have been doing for decades.
Re: What do the photo labs print with?
This one time, at band camp, "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Photo labs do every kind of printing. > > What are you talking about? What type of printing machines do they use? dye sublimation or other? Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \) \_||_| \) \) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia
RE: What do the photo labs print with?
Photo labs do every kind of printing. What are you talking about? tv > -Original Message- > From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > What type of printing to the photo labs use? > > Kind regards > Kevin >
