Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark: >"?Archival Pictopia Prints are true photographic prints that are the result >of the very finest tradition and craft of fine-art photography combined with >state of the art imaging technologies. The prints are made in color and >black and white on Fuji Crystal Archive? paper using traditional silver >halide chemistry. <snip> >So these are not inkjets, not darkroom RC's but black and white negs printed >using a color process involving digital stuff but ending up on darkroom >paper. Color darkroom paper. I believe that the only place negatives come into play is you can use negatives as a source for the digital image. I use a similar process for making prints. Costs just slightly more per image than if I bought a high-end inkjet, but I don't have the upfront cost, and I have more flexibility in terms of output size. I'm really happy with my lab: http://www.whcc.com/ Located in St. Paul, MN. As good as a wet print? Nope. Not the same thing at all. Nothing beats a toned, wet print on fiber. Used to be better than inkjets, but I couldn't tell the difference between one of these prints and one from B.D.'s newfangled printer when we swapped prints a few months ago. Here's info on the printers WHCC uses: http://www.kodak.com/global/plugins/acrobat/en/professional/products/printers/rp30/rp30SS.pdf http://www.durst.it/uk/mitte_produkte_neu.asp?pid=10&hid=2&sid=1&Pr=Theta%2050/51 Unlike black and whites printed using color inks on an inkjet, these are truly neutral prints under all the light sources I've used to view them. -- Eric http://canid.com/