Who prints your photographs.....favorite lab????
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What equipment would you recommend for printing your photographs at home?
How do you print your photographs?
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Posted 3 years ago #
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film or digital?
Posted 3 years ago # -
See previous discussion
http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=792I still stand by what I said then:
NikoDoby said:
I use Epson printers and their quality is outstanding. BUT their printers use up A LOT of ink and it's expensive. If you want total control over your prints for just you then an Epson printer would be great. However your also going to need to spend $$$ to make sure your monitor is properly calibrated because like I said the ink is expensive. I mean expensive in the long run not cost per ink cartridge.If your going to print only on occasion then a good "pro" lab would be better option for that size.
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whcc.com is what I send my files out to for my prints. They do a great job, not very expensive, and super fast. Only place I will get prints made at.
Posted 3 years ago # -
helo??? (the Bruno helo of course) ipad is here, no need to print Your photos anymore :D
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Epson Stylus Pro are the best option as Niko claims if you want to have control over your prints ... lab results could be a not so nice surprise ...
As for Epson inks I don't think they are too expensive comparing to others and if you consider the quality and the life time. And if you try and paint a single paper by hand you will see that ink consumption is actually amazingly low on ink jet printers.Posted 3 years ago # -
I said the inks are expensive in the long term. I use them. The individual cartridges are cheap (less then $15-20USD) but they usually run out of ink in groups. I usually have to replace cyan, magenta, yellow, and regular black together frequently. That's about $80USD versus a "regular" inkjet printer that uses a single color cartridge which cost $20-30 dollars to replace it.
For most people it's best to just have a store print out your photos.
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have You thought about permanent ink supplies system - instead of buying a 20ml cartridges You get 500ml ink bottles, the system is price at the beginning but then You get cheap per picture price
Posted 3 years ago # -
A colleague tried those once and said they were pretty messy and a bit of a hassle to get to work properly. They tended to clog up. I've never used them though and don't think I would.
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NikoDoby said:
A colleague tried those once and said they were pretty messy and a bit of a hassle to get to work properly. They tended to clog up. I've never used them though and don't think I would.We used them at our house (note: for normal printing, lots of photo paper business fliers, etc, huge stacks of them) and really it was a TON cheaper and over the course of like 2 years they clogged up once maybe twice. it was well worth it price wise, and quality wise there is no difference.
Posted 3 years ago # -
at school my negatives run through a Beseler 23CII, at home they go through an Omega D-II or a Durst M606.
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I use a Beseler Printmaker 67 at home, and I actually don't remember what our lab uses here, which is strange that as many times as I've used them I've never looked hah.
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If you are looking for a lab AandI
is very very good. I get there 400 dpi Lambda prints
all the time.Posted 3 years ago # -
Mpix even though cheap seem to do a pretty good job. I had them send me a calbration kit(which they did for free) and I am very happy with the results. I will soon be buying a printer for prints but thus far mpix has served my needs...no pun intended.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Home: I prefer dye-sublimation printers over inkjets. Kodak used to make an awesome one for about $600, but it's now discontinued. Unfortunately, virtually all of the sub-$1,000, A4, dye-sub printers are now discontinued. Only the "snapshot" kind are still generally marketed (e.g., 4" x 6" maximum print size).
Lab: Lambda "Digital-C" prints from A+I Photographic and Digital Services in Los Angeles. Laser-printed on real chromogenic photographic paper (or real silver B+W paper). Excellent quality. Affordable (e.g., a 16" x 20" Type-C print is only $30).
Short-run digital press: For multiple prints of the same image (head shots, business cards, etc.), the Indigo digital press is very impressive. Ultra-cheap, compared with a Lambda print (of course, for really large runs, it's more cost effective to use a traditional four-color, offset press). For example, 200 copies of an 8" x 10" color image, would only cost $120 on the Indigo press.
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Hi,
I'm in Kalispell, Montana, and I send my files to Costco. Wish I had a more elegant answer, but our local lab does a great job, and they treat each job like a custom lab, no matter how small or big.
My best,
Mike
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Mike Gunter said:
Hi,I'm in Kalispell, Montana, and I send my files to Costco. Wish I had a more elegant answer, but our local lab does a great job, and they treat each job like a custom lab, no matter how small or big.
My best,
Mike
It's always interesting to know who uses what printers, though it's often somewhat difficult to find out. A local camera chain here, if I remember correctly, uses the Fuji processors in the lab (as do many drug stores), and the Kodak dye-subs in the kiosks (which are less expensive).
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Hi Studio,
Remember, I've lived here for 15 years, and it's a town that then had 15,000 regulars. Melissa (the lady who runs the store) would ask me what plays we were doing at the college where I taught and sometime acted. A couple of weeks ago their printer was on the fizzy, and they wanted to know if they could stay extra for a couple of hours after closing to get a job out that they thought was necessary for that night. They hadn't committed to it, but were prepared to stay there to get it done.
It's that kind of relationship we have.
It's not like 'Costco at LA'.
It's still doesn't sound elegant, but I've been using all sizes of print media from them happily for a few years before my retirement from teaching. I regularly get 20"x30" poster prints from my D90 which sounds nuts, but at normal view distance looks terrific. All other sizes are perfect.
My best,
Mike
Posted 2 years ago # -
I use WHCC too. I love their quality and customer service. At home I have a Canon Pixma inkjet that makes great prints up to 8X10 on the network.
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Home: A Canon (GASP!) i9900 which does up to 13x19, usually printed on Ilford classic glossy or their pearl or Hannamule William turner 310gsm.
My darkroom prints are usually done at the local college where one of the instructors let me come in as I am a tutor in the photo department (they use crappy omegas and vivitars but have timers from heaven)
Other: If I need larger than 13x19 I'll go to 1 of 2 personal(smallish business) printers, (at the 16x24 or larger mark I use genuine fractals to make it look good at any size) Ive done up to 40x60in from a image taken on my D90. And I also do my canvas at one of those. My metal prints are at a place up in the bay area and my acrylics are done in Pennsylvania. I am a sucker for both archival and Glicss printing which is why I am all over the place.
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I guess it would be reasonable to update my printing status. I just upgraded my Omega D-II at home from the old fixed condenser head to a Super Chromega Dichroic II colorhead. Much nicer, and lets me do VC paper very, very easily. At school, now it's Saunders/LPL 4500IIXLG's with VCCE modules in the heads, or Omega Prolab D6s or Beseler 45MXTs. I prefer the D6 or 4500IIXLG though.
Nearly everything goes onto Ilford MGIV FB Matte in one size or another. Sometimes I'll use Fomabrom Variant IV or Fomatone.
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