Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Help printing scanned Leica negatives!
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 17:49:09 +0200

Frank Conley wrote:

> Never. I've seen "prints" created by others, and have followed
> comparisons of inkjet photo paper in photography magazines. From what
> I've seen up until today, a 4x6 print from K-mart still looks
> infinitely better than an inkjet print. This doesn't mean that that
> won't change tomorrow.

Simply not true. If you don't believe me, check out the articles on the
April/May and June/July issues of Camera Arts magazine.

> Additionally, there is the question of longevity in inkjet prints. For
> my purposes, I don't have any need for temporary prints, so an RC print
> is my idea of short term.

As I said, several companies are now marketing solutions to that problem.

> P.S. I do lots of work in PhotoShop for web purposes (both mine and
> others) and actually have an Epson inkjet capable of "photo" quality--I
> just haven't done any myself.

You should try before making definitive statements.

Nathan
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