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Subject: [Leica] How low does pigment go?
From: leowesson at gmail.com (Leowesson)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:02:24 -0500
References: <CACCF766.15F00%mark@rabinergroup.com> <0890403E-A2F9-4FFC-9BBC-C395AB944B13@mac.com>

Costco does a good job.  On their big prints they use an Epson 7880 and a 
nice heavy Fuji paper. They are so inexpensive!

Leo Wesson
www.leowesson.com

On Oct 26, 2011, at 20:38, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote:

> Well, don't be so snarky about Costco, Mark. Yeah, they're big and so they 
> can't do anything good.
> 
> BUT, Costco does color-profile and you can go on-line to find your local 
> store and determine which printing technologies they offer and which 
> papers so you can prepare your images appropriately.
> 
> Here's a link:
> 
> <http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/>
> 
> I recently went to an exhibition at the US Bicycle Hall of Fame where all 
> the images were printed by (gasp) Costco . . . and they looked damn good. 
> I was quite surprised when I learned where they were printed.
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> Adorama is a camera store.
>> Costco is a mega store or some kind.
>> 
>> If the yellow pages still existed they'd not be in the same section with
>> Custom Printers. Those are people who work in a small place that does 
>> mainly
>> that. Often just one person who does mainly that.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mark R.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:03:40 -0700
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] How low does pigment go?
>>> 
>>> Yes, I should have said, "..like Adorama or other similar outfit." Heck, 
>>> I
>>> know some people who rely on Costco!!!
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Shutterfly does a pretty nice job too.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>>> 
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