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Subject: [Leica] B. D. images
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Aug 19 10:55:39 2005

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
> 
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