For the past decade my key images have been printed on Ilfochrome by Rob at the Lightroom in Berkeley.
Just spent a few weeks there. Rob persuaded me to make a comparison, printing one image on Ilfochrome and then scanning the same image on his Imacon Flextight II (5600 dpi) with the print made on Crystal. What a revelation! I had been more than happy with the Ilfochrome prints of this subject, a marble image of Avalokiteshvara from Lahul (Indian Tibet), shot in the early '80s on Kodachrome 25 using a Canon 50mm macro on a Canon F. But the Crystal print is in another league altogether. Placed side by side with the Ilfochrome print, the Crystal version gives the impression that a heavy layer of grime has been removed from the image. Resolution is excellent : Rob and I agree that this scan would print well at the next size up, 23" x 17" on his Giclee printer. The only drawback: Expense. $75 for scan and 11"x 14" giclee proof. Something I hadn't expected: Using Photoshop 5LE, I opened the TIFF file on my computer, which has a 15" Trinitron monitor. Setting the Photoshop display to 100%, resolution was *dreadful*. But it doesn't seem to matter, since the print is just fine. Salutations, David L