Digital BW, The Print

The alternative we offer is a super high resolution silver negative made 
on our LVT film recorder. We make these in large format sizes up to 80 
lines per millimeter. As the LVT is like a drum scanner, the negative is 
pin sharp corner to corner without falloff or flare, so a contact print 
should be as good as a Lambda or Lightjet print, maybe better. The 
quality of enlargements is limited only by the skill and equipment of 
the darkroom technician. We've made stunning murals from our 8x10 
negatives. Do the math and you see that 80 res equals over 2000 lpi, 
therefore a four times enlargement from an 8x10 neg winds up at 500 lpi 
at the final size.

The Ilford digital paper is a viable way to go for many people. I've 
seen the results and it's great, but anyone could enlarge our negatives 
in his or her own darkroom onto any paper or process they wanted to use 
now or in the future and that, plus the fact that there is a real 
original silver negative to archive for the future, is a huge 
consideration for many. Right now we're making these on FP4 up to 8x10 
but we're going up to 16x20 sizes soon with densities and curves 
appropriate for contact printing to alternative print processes. In 
order to help us design better solutions, I welcome all feedback.

John Castronovo
Tech Photo & Imaging


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "eluden123"

Hello ,
I have been a member of this group for about 1 year and check and read
many of your posts and queries.  I had been at ILFORD for over 15
years and decided to start my own venture, Digital Silver Imaging.  As
a b&w photographer, I had been frustrated by the various methods of
trying to produce a b&w print from a digital file. I had worked with
every inkjet printer, going back to the Epson Photo Printer, I think
the 700 series!  I helped launch a variety of the Ilford inkjet
papers, including the Smooth RC series and some of their fine art
papers.
I also worked with HARMAN technology to help launch some of their new
true
Baryta based inkjet papers.  It seemed everyone was trying to
reproduce the look and feel of a true darkroom print.
At the same time, HARMAN developed a gelatin silver paper that could
be exposed with light using a Durst Lambda or Lightjet laser enlarger.
  The file was exposed with light onto the paper (in a large imaging
"drum") and then processed in traditional B&W chemicals.  It seemed
like a match made in heaven!  The fiber based paper is actually the
Ilford Galerie darkroom paper and the RC is on their Ilfospeed RC
darkroom paper base.
After speaking with many local photographers, I decided to offer the
service in the New England area.  I am curious how some of you might
view this service?  Have any of you seem or tried it?  Did you know it
was possible?  I know many of you are working with a variety of inkjet
methods, some of which sound successful, others quite frustrating.
As a photographer myself and I would welcome all feedback, positive or
negative.  Feel free to visit our site for any information and you can
fill in
some comments, or you can reach me here.

DSI Contact Us page <http://www.digitalsilverimaging.com/contact.php>
DSI Home page <http://www.digitalsilverimaging.com>

Thank you & regards,

Eric Luden
Owner at Digital Silver Imaging