Digital BW, The Print

What I need to do is determine the cost effectiveness of printing myself, or having 
someone else do it.

If I had someone else do it, I would be an ongoing thing with a considerable amount of 
prints.  I have no way yet to determine a basis to guage your quote of 20/sq. ft., but off 
the top of my head it sound a little high, though I am sure your services are worth what 
you charge.

Regards,
~Joel Belmont

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody" <moodymz3@y...> 
wrote:
> In my very limited experience, it does not matter much if the printer is
> local.  The print needs to be packed and protected to get it to the framer,
> etc. so other than shipping cost, locality is not so important.  Also, there
> is not a large number or printers providing fine art BW services.
> 
> What do you call a reasonable price?  Is $20/sq-ft reasonable?  That is my
> personal assessment for top-notch quadtone printing on photo rag.  Are you
> are looking for a printer to develop a relationship with, or just to make a
> print or two?
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Joel
> Belmont
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:03 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: highest quality/permanence
> 
> Thanks for the info.
> 
> I will probably be looking to do prints up to 20x24" and larger... assuming
> it is not
> practical (with as quickly as printers get outdated) to purchase what would
> likely be a large
> format printer, is there anywhere locally that makes these types of prints
> at reasonable
> prices?
> 
> Thanks again,
> ~Joel
> 
> 
> 
> 
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