Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frankly, my route may well be to have an iBook printed, and then have it rebound. On 8/19/05 1:04 PM, "feli" <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2005, at 9:21 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Thanks, Bob. They pay me well, but not nearly well enough - >> although they >> flew me First Class, which proves to me they didn't pay me well >> enough. As >> to the product - I would normally produce an album with about 50 >> 8.5x11 >> prints, but this client wants a 'book,' so I'm looking into the >> various ways >> to produce that. > > > Hey B.D.- > > I just went down the road, of trying to get a black and white > brochure containing several > black and white photographs printed via a digital CMYK service bureau. > > It was a nightmare, because it is extremely difficult for them to get > the images to be > neutral, without a color cast in the middle tones (magenta or cyan > cast). It seems to > be a little easier if they print on matte paper, but I would still > want to see a proof from anyone > who claims they can do this. If you have to go the digital CMYK > printing route, I would > suggest a sepia tint... > > I ended up getting the job done on an analog Heidelberg press, using > only black ink, > but of course for your project that's really not a realistic > solution, unless they want > 1000 copies... > ;-) > > > feli > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information