Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., antonisphoto@y... wrote:

(snip earlier)

> There is another line of technology that Martin mentioned, based on 
a CRT 
> tube. These are the so called film recorders which are used in 
applications 
> that are not as critical - such as presentation slides etc. I also 
don't know how 
> far along they have come, but none of the high-end labs, that I 
know, use 
> them. Because they are the most affordable (but not cheap!), they 
can be very 
> useful for duping, stock portfolios etc. I don't have much 
experience with them 
> though.

The film recorders, as I understand them, display the file on small 
high precision monitor which is then photographed. Different film 
backs can be used to accommodate a wide range of formats. However 
they all have the same resolution as the internal display.

On the Polaroid 8000 series (~$12,000) the resolution of the image is 
approximately 8000 lines by 6000 lines which is probably not 
sufficient for "fine art" applications at anything other than rather 
small print sizes.

Martin

(snip)