Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 02/26/2002 7:11:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
rcoda@... writes:


> 
> Yes, at AIPAD a few weeks ago in NYC. They were prints by David 
> Fokos, who is well-known in the digital to silver circles.
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I have seen these prints also, At first I thought they where Silver prints 
and to my amazment I found out they where in fact black and white light jet 
prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper. He has the tone down perfect! There is 
also a black and white digital lightjet paper from Kodak that has a real 
slick foil look to it. Very different and very interesting look. After seeing 
Davids Prints I rushed out and tried a couple test prints and I decieded all 
papers other than Fuji looked cheap in comparision for black and white. This 
route is solid but will cost ya.
Steve Meyers



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Steve, Richard,

I last saw some Lightjet output several years ago and it had a real 
RC look to it. How would you compare the current paper to silver 
fiber and and RC?

Anyone want to contribute some to an exchange?

Martin Wesley


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., sdmey4@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 02/26/2002 7:11:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> rcoda@y... writes:
> 
> 
> > 
> > Yes, at AIPAD a few weeks ago in NYC. They were prints by David 
> > Fokos, who is well-known in the digital to silver circles.
> > Snip>>
> I have seen these prints also, At first I thought they where Silver 
prints 
> and to my amazment I found out they where in fact black and white 
light jet 
> prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper. He has the tone down perfect! 
There is 
> also a black and white digital lightjet paper from Kodak that has a 
real 
> slick foil look to it. Very different and very interesting look. 
After seeing 
> Davids Prints I rushed out and tried a couple test prints and I 
decieded all 
> papers other than Fuji looked cheap in comparision for black and 
white. This 

> route is solid but will cost ya.
> Steve Meyers
> 
> 
> 
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In a message dated 02/26/2002 9:07:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
mwesley250@... writes:


> Steve, Richard,
> 
> I last saw some Lightjet output several years ago and it had a real 
> RC look to it. How would you compare the current paper to silver 
> fiber and and RC?
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The David Fokos prints where and are the same surface as Fuji Crystal Archive 
Matte color paper. So not terribly RC looking. Its a matte finish paper but 
not flat matt like silver paper is. Kind of a luster or pearl but smooth, not 
quite an air dried glossy fiber but close. Tyler boley was with me when I saw 
them and we both thought they where silver fiber prints. I remember thinking 
>  
They start at about 4,000.00 and sell very well.
Steve M.




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Martin:

It reminded me of Kodak Elite's surface texture. Did not look RC at 
all. The glossy and super glossy stuff would look that way, but I'm 
fairly sure that this was the matte surface. I think the quality of 
the original negative is what made these spectacular.

> I last saw some Lightjet output several years ago and it had a real 
> RC look to it. How would you compare the current paper to silver 
> fiber and and RC?