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2006-04-04 by joshscapes
hello, has anyone here used lightjets for b&w prints. i hear they are really good and actually printed on b&w photo paper. anyone had a b&w print done with a lightjet printer? also, anyone know of any good labs that use this printer to print from digital b&w files? thanks in advance, josh
2006-04-04 by hogarth@snappydsl.net
joshscapes wrote: > hello, > > has anyone here used lightjets for b&w prints. i hear they are really > good and actually > printed on b&w photo paper. anyone had a b&w print done with a > lightjet printer? also, > anyone know of any good labs that use this printer to print from > digital b&w files? > > thanks in advance, > > josh You can do this, yes. I've had a print made on B&W paper on a lightjet. It looked pretty good actually. Nice Dmax, nice surface, feels just like the RC print that it is. It's not a silver gelatin print however. It's a dye print just like Fuji Crystal Archive. It's run through the same RA-4 processing line as Fuji Crystal Archive and should have about the same longevity. My local pro lab used to load B&W paper in their Lightjet twice a week. I forget which days, but if you time it right you get excellent turnaround from the lab (two hours?). You can find them here: http://www.jwphotolabs.com/about.html I found a lab somewhere (I've forgotten the name and location) that would run "normal" darkroom enlarging paper (not RC) through their machine (it wasn't a lightjet, but one of the competitors that put out enough energy to expose the slower enlarging paper) and ran that through a Dektol B&W line. But prints were ridiculously expensive. I seem to remember about 3x inkjet prices. Which is why I don't remember anything about them anymore;-) -- Bruce Watson
2006-04-04 by Michael Kitei
I've had a few Lightjets made. They are made on Fuji Crystal Archive paper which - I believe - is a chromagenic process. More like a cprint than a silver gelatin. I've gotten nice prints, salable prints, but I always - under certain light - see a color cast. Mike
On Apr 4, 2006, at 2:44 PM, joshscapes wrote: > hello, > > has anyone here used lightjets for b&w prints. i hear they are > really good and actually > printed on b&w photo paper. anyone had a b&w print done with a > lightjet printer? also, > anyone know of any good labs that use this printer to print from > digital b&w files? > > thanks in advance, > > josh > > > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > resources as they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you > wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by > visiting this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages > to keep them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed > from the membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be > removed from the membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules > and guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the > group Owner and Moderators. See “Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines” > in the Files section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE > “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL > NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER > INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL > BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE > THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO > OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR > CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO > GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >