Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@...> wrote:


> Fuji has an inkset on the Frontier DL600 with a light blue ink added to 
> the CMYK so development within the industry did not end yet.
> 

Thanks, not sure where I'd go to print a test target on this machine, but it's an interesting development. I was actually anticipating that the DL machines would evolve to a full 6 ink set and possibly add photo gray (like HP used to have on some desktop printers and Canon currently has in it's revamped Chromalife 100+ dye set). But retail floorspace dedicated to photofinishing is dwindling, so it is obvious that the 1 hour photo concept is entering its twilight years.  A local photoshop switched from RA-4 to a Noritsu inkjet machine last year, but he tells me where he used to do about 400 rolls of film a week at the beginning of the decade, he's now down to less than ten customers per week requesting prints (from film or digital).  At this level, I would guess that the return on investment for his new machine is seriously questionable.

kind regards,
Mark