Digital BW, The Print

The thing I would be concerned about with these  
processes...particularly if you are going to color polaroid film in the  
end is how good the profiling on the output device is...and whether  
they will be able to get a neutral image given that they will almost  
certainly be outputting RGB.  Remember how difficult it is to get a  
neutral grayscale with an inkjet printer using full color...same  
problem with a slide setter.  Of course this isn't as big a concern if  
you are planning to use BW polaroid film...because it will get rid of  
the color cast for you.

One question that you probably should ask is why do you want to make  
Polaroid dye transfers in the first place?  Couldn't you get a similar  
effect in photoshop and then print to a inkjet paper using a inkjet  
printer.  In the end the final output would be much more light stable  
and probably cost you a lot less in time and money.  Sounds like you  
will be spending a lot of money, with a great deal of uncertainty to  
get an inferior product in the end.

Robert

On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 06:26 PM, johnmerrill2003 wrote:

> I want to do some B&W Polaroid dye transfers. In order to do this I  
> need to transfer
> digital images to slides. (I don't want to shoot with a B&W positive  
> film.) Could anyone
> suggest a lab or service bureau which provides this service?
>
> TIA
>
> John Merrill
>
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