Great info Mark. Thanks! I'm curious... what do people do with big prints these days? In the "old days" there was dry mount. Then there was peel off self-stick mount boards. But what do people do with larger prints like 24x36? I'm dying to get a few of mine finally up on the walls.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 8:28 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had several Chromira prints made over the years. I've never heard of > them described as "silver halide" prints, but after a little googling that > seems to be what they are being called these days. Basically, the Chromira > uses LEDs to project the digital image onto traditional color photo paper > and then develops the paper. The local lab that I use prints on Fuji Crystal > Archive paper, a very nice luster / pearl finish paper. Over the years > they've pulled a few dozen prints for me, for prints larger than the 17 x 36 > that I can do on my Epson 3880. IIRC, they use rolls of paper that are 36 > inches wide, so 36 inches is the maximum size of the smaller dimension of > the print. > > The quality of the prints that I have had done is excellent, and personally > I have not seen anything to quibble about. The way I work it with the lab is > that I bring them an 8x10 printed on Epson Premium Lustre Photo paper and > ask for an 8x10 proof that matches it. I use the PLPP because it has a > similar finish to the Fuji crystal archive. Inevitably, the proof I get is > spot on, but I don't know if that is an out of the printer first time proof > or if the owner of the lab is testing and tweaking till he gets the match. > At any rate, the prints I've gotten have been great. Back in 2005 the lab > asked to use some of my photos as sample prints and a couple 20x30 prints - > one color and one B&W - are still on the wall and show no signs of fading or > color shifts. > > One image that I had did display some degree of metamerism and took on a > slightly magenta tone under florescent lights - very subtle - while it > looked beautifully neutral in daylight and tungsten light. My friend who > runs the lab offered to replace it, saying that there should be no color > shift. I have not seen any color shifts in other mono prints, but I usually > tone the prints slightly warm or cool. The print that display the slight > metamerism was one where I did no toning. > > I usually use the Chromira for 6x7 scans. A 4000 dpi 6x7 scan works out to > just over 36 x 28 inches at 300 dpi. Been thinking about printing a couple > of the noontide images big via this process. > > Hope this helps - > > Mark > > On 9/22/2015 6:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> While looking for cheap 8x10 prints for my employer I tripped across >> sharpprints.com. Their prices of $14.95 for 24 x 36 prints sort of >> knocked my socks off. Looking into it a bit further they use a >> Chromira Pro Lab silver halide printer. Googling that led me to this >> discussion of how they are softer than traditional inkjet prints: >> http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=69349.0 >> (although it is possible that the technology has improved since that >> discussion). >> >> Just curious if anyone has any opinions/experience with Silver Halide >> prints. >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
