Re: [Leica] Obtaining Color Prints

["KPETERS" <KPETERS@huntel.net>]

You ought to look into a slide scanner and epson printer.  I scan my slides
on an Olympus ES-10 scanner, fairly inexpensive for scanning and print them
on an Epson inkjet printer (Photo 1200).  Using the epson photo glossy paper
and the software supplied with my scanner, I can get great looking prints.
To maximize the prints to page I paste all of the prints into my microsoft
powerpoint program, then print.  I have experimented with other papers and
the Epson (for me) seems to give the nearest prints to "cibachrome" as I've
seen.  It works fine.  I spray these with a protective clear spray and give
em to my wife to put in a book or to my daughter to chew on (she's 18 mths).
!  This is a great combination for making your 'prints' at home!  If you
have a slide that you're in love with and want larger than 8x10, go for the
traditional cibachrome route or consider intranegatives... best of luck.
Kent
- -----Original Message-----
From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>
To: Leica_Post <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 8:49 PM
Subject: [Leica] Obtaining Color Prints


>I suspect that I'm part of a minuscule minority that's only interested in
>slides for projection.  The reason I'm into slides is that the alternative
>of obtaining prints from color negative or color reversal film seems very
>expensive.
>
>Do LUGgers simply send their film off to Kodalux or some other automated
>service to obtain prints.   I've tried that and found that the results are
>pretty poor compared to a projected slide.   My wife likes prints so she's
>been having them made for a long time.  She's tried a lot of sources and
>found that Kodalux is about as good as anybody else she's tried.  However,
>even film shot with Summicrons won't produce prints that are noticeably
>better than those from a good P&S.
>
>I've had a few Cibachromes made but I can't afford to have a professional
>lab make prints for me.  I've looked into setting up my own color lab but
>found that it would take a lot of time and money to do that as well.  Just
>thinking about trying to maintain liquids at a fixed temperature gives me a
>headache.
>
>Now there is a third option (digital) but that's not cheap either if the
>goal is to have better than drug store quality results.
>
>So where do LUGgers get prints made?  At what price?  What kind of quality
>are you getting?
>
>TIA,
>Bud Cook
>
>