Digital BW, The Print

Can anyone point me to a pro lab that can handle printing black and white
images from digital files without producing a green cast?  I've tried a
number of pro labs and they all print on color paper, or with color inks,
causing the green cast.  Most labs have acknowledged to me that this is a
side effect of their process, but for the life of me I can't seem to figure
out why they haven't nailed it yet.  Even worse, why they would even
consider charging for and distributing a file with a color cast.  At minimum
they should not hand out such bad quality!  ;-)

Besides printing myself, what options do I have?  Do I have to resort to
having a lab create a negative from my b&w file so that a quality b&w print
can be made on b&w paper?  I do print most images myself, but at present I'm
limited to only up to 8x10.  I really prefer to be able to upload images to
a lab and have *great* b&w prints as a result.

Every lab I've dealt with was geared towards the professional photographer
as a customer, not your average Joe picture-taker.  And every lab has
produced a cast.

Help appreciated!

Amal Elaine

Amal,

If you are looking for photographic output, try A&I Color in LA at http://
www.aandi.com/.  They produce LightJet images and they seem to have B&W pretty 
well nailed, at least from what I've seen.  It is Fuji Crystal Archive paper, same as 
everyone else is using and that means it's a color, also RC, emulsion. 60 yrs. tops.  
Also Bowhaus at http://www.bowhaus.com does LED's.

If you are looking for carbon pigment in wide format, there are a number of people 
offering that as well, Bowhaus is one, West Coast Imaging is another, as well as 
myself at http://philbard.com/carbon.html.

Cheers, 
Phil


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Amal Elaine" 
<amalelaine@w...> wrote:

> Can anyone point me to a pro lab that can handle printing black and white
> images from digital files without producing a green cast?  I've tried a
> number of pro labs and they all print on color paper, or with color inks,
> causing the green cast.  Most labs have acknowledged to me that this is a
> side effect of their process, but for the life of me I can't seem to figure
> out why they haven't nailed it yet.  Even worse, why they would even
> consider charging for and distributing a file with a color cast.  At minimum
> they should not hand out such bad quality!  ;-)
> 
> Besides printing myself, what options do I have?  Do I have to resort to
> having a lab create a negative from my b&w file so that a quality b&w print
> can be made on b&w paper?  I do print most images myself, but at present I'm
> limited to only up to 8x10.  I really prefer to be able to upload images to
> a lab and have *great* b&w prints as a result.
> 
> Every lab I've dealt with was geared towards the professional photographer
> as a customer, not your average Joe picture-taker.  And every lab has
> produced a cast.
> 
> Help appreciated!
> 
> Amal Elaine

on 4/27/03 4:09 PM, Phil Bard at phil@... wrote:

> Amal,
> 
> If you are looking for photographic output, try A&I Color in LA at http://
> www.aandi.com/.  They produce LightJet images and they seem to have B&W pretty
> well nailed, at least from what I've seen.  It is Fuji Crystal Archive paper,
> same as 
> everyone else is using and that means it's a color, also RC, emulsion. 60 yrs.
> tops.  
> Also Bowhaus at http://www.bowhaus.com does LED's.
> 
> If you are looking for carbon pigment in wide format, there are a number of
> people 
> offering that as well, Bowhaus is one, West Coast Imaging is another, as well
> as 
> myself at http://philbard.com/carbon.html.
> 
> Cheers, 
> Phil
> 
> 

Has anyone tried the B&W Lightjet prints from www.reedphoto.com?

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com