Digital BW, The Print

Hi B&W friends,

Concerning:	"digital silverprints"

Some time ago I have read a message about a digital B&W silverprint service from a German company.

I had a 30 x 40 cm testprint made from a B&W digital file by the company offering this service:
	http://www.the-imagepress.de/

The result is really amazing!
No comparison with my Epson 2100 prints!
This print is a real B&W silverprint on traditional photographic paper.
Perfect contrast and sharpness, no dots, no metamerism etc.
Unfortunately the service is quite expensive but if you really want a classic silverprint from a digital file this is the perfect solution.

On their website you can find some technical information:
	- Absolutely no dots
	- They use an exposure device with Argon laser
	- Exposure resolution 3000 dpi
	- Agfa silverprint paper
	- Traditional dish development, archivally washed and if requested Selenium toned

Some prices ( for first print, more prints are less expensive):

Up to 30 x 40 cm	40,60 Euro 
Up to  40x50 cm 	90,48 Euro 
Up to  50x60 cm 	105,56 Euro 

This is a real interesting development!
It would be nice if such exposing devices would be available at affordable prices.
I certainly would start using my darkroom again!

Best regards,

Jo Brunenberg
www.jobrunenberg.com

Jo,

company.
> 
> I had a 30 x 40 cm testprint made from a B&W digital file by the 
company offering this service:
> 	http://www.the-imagepress.de/
> 
> The result is really amazing!
> No comparison with my Epson 2100 prints!
> This print is a real B&W silverprint on traditional photographic 
paper.
> Perfect contrast and sharpness, no dots, no metamerism etc.
> Unfortunately the service is quite expensive but if you really want 
a classic silverprint from a digital file this is the perfect 
solution.

I've been hoping that a home based exposure unit would be developed 
to meld digital imaging with traditional printing papers to eliminate 
the need for ink jet printing. Maybe someone in the U.S. will offer 
such a service.

Don Bryant

I've been asking this question for years. I saw the link and was very 
interested. I'm in the US and I think they said it's for Germany 
only. If we have LightJets, Lambdas and Chromiras, why can't we have 
this??? I heard some BS about the coating on the paper, and the fact 
that it "has" to be hand developed in a darkroom post-exposure. I 
used to work for an in-house ad agency in the graphics department. We 
had a processor hooked up to a stat camera. LightJets have a 
processor. I don't see why they can't hook up a B/W processor to one 
of these machines??? I'd gladly pay a premium for this service in the 
US... anyone listening?

Rich
www.rcodaphotography.com

Jo,

Thanks for sharing your impressions of this technology. Ever since the
LightJet type equipment came on the market it was obvious that it could be
adapted for silver fiber printing. It only needed the someone to make the
investment.

Like Don and Richard I hope service bureaus in the US will start to offer
this service and better yet that the technology might someday become
affordable to the individual photographer.

Martin Wesley
http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Brunenberg [mailto:jo.brunenberg@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:52 AM
> To: digitalblackandwhitetheprint@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: info@...
> Subject: [Digital BW] digital silverprints
>
>
>
> Hi B&W friends,
>
> Concerning:	"digital silverprints"
>
> Some time ago I have read a message about a digital B&W
> silverprint service from a German company.
>
> I had a 30 x 40 cm testprint made from a B&W digital file by the
> company offering this service:
> 	http://www.the-imagepress.de/
>
> The result is really amazing!
> No comparison with my Epson 2100 prints!
> This print is a real B&W silverprint on traditional photographic paper.
> Perfect contrast and sharpness, no dots, no metamerism etc.
> Unfortunately the service is quite expensive but if you really
> want a classic silverprint from a digital file this is the
> perfect solution.
>
> On their website you can find some technical information:
> 	- Absolutely no dots
> 	- They use an exposure device with Argon laser
> 	- Exposure resolution 3000 dpi
> 	- Agfa silverprint paper
> 	- Traditional dish development, archivally washed and if
> requested Selenium toned
>
> Some prices ( for first print, more prints are less expensive):
>
> Up to 30 x 40 cm	40,60 Euro
> Up to  40x50 cm 	90,48 Euro
> Up to  50x60 cm 	105,56 Euro
>
> This is a real interesting development!
> It would be nice if such exposing devices would be available at
> affordable prices.
> I certainly would start using my darkroom again!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jo Brunenberg
> www.jobrunenberg.com
>
>
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