Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Phil Bard" <phil@p...> 
wrote:
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> 
> The mention I made of "grain on grain" is referring to the fact 
that 
> you have grain from an original neg scanned and printed on a second 
> piece of film, which itself has grain.  This often, in traditional 
> photographic style reproduction, leads to a boost in the overall 
sense 
> of graininess in the final output. I think you will see it more the 
> larger you print, but compared to the original, it will be more 
> prevalent.  It would be nice if the labs providing LightJet: 1. 
priced 
> their prints more affordably; 2. offered fiber-based output.  That 
way 
> we could just have the prints output directly from the scans, and 
not 
> have to bring the film recorder into the procedure.

I agree. I think the biggest issue is the lack of fiber B&W. If that 
were there, at least there would be a desirable end result regardless 
of price. Given the huge cost of the machines, I wonder what the ROI 
is for the labs. I am not certain but I believe that these six-figure 
machines also include the paper processing. (If that't not correct 
please let me know.) This then limits them to a narrow range of RC 
color matterial.

Ideally I still dream of that affordable "laser enlarger" like the 
LightJet that you can feed with sheets or small rolls in your own 
darkroom. Sigh.

Thanks,
Martin

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