Photographic, not ink-jet printing

• AedanC

  Participant

  November 25, 2010 at 5:41 pm

  Hi,

  I have a contact who wants to buy one of my pictures but insists that the print must be photographic and not ink-jet. Does anyone know where I can get good quality colour-managed photographic prints made?

  Thanks,

  Aedan
  stcstc

  Member

  November 25, 2010 at 7:17 pm

  well technically any mini lab is a photographic print, but i guess thats not what your looking for

  also

  most high quality inkjet prints actually have a wider colour gamut and longevity than mini lab type prints
  bigalguitarpicker

  Participant

  November 25, 2010 at 11:09 pm

  Try Photobox, I think they produce traditional prints from digital files.
  AedanC

  Participant

  November 26, 2010 at 2:31 pm

  Hi,

  stcstc wrote:

  well technically any mini lab is a photographic print, but i guess thats not what your looking for

  also

  most high quality inkjet prints actually have a wider colour gamut and longevity than mini lab type prints

  I would tend to agree with you on all that but the customer is always right! In this case he has had some bad experiences with ink jets fading in the past and does not want to take that risk again. If he wants to pay for a photographic print I’ll organise it for him. The mini booths are photographic all right but I understand from an engineer who services a lot of them that they ignore all colour profile information altogether.

  bigalguitarpicker wrote:

  Try Photobox, I think they produce traditional prints from digital files.

  Thanks for that input, I have used Photobox in the past but was not overly impressed with their consistency. I was wondering whether there is a specialist printer lurking somehere, preferably in Ireland since we are now fighting for economic survival :)

  Cheers,

  Aedan
  bigalguitarpicker

  Participant

  November 27, 2010 at 12:59 pm

  In this case he has had some bad experiences with ink jets fading in the past and does not want to take that risk again.

  I printed a pic using ProJet compatibles in my Epson R340, put it in a clip frame and set it on my desk. Nearly 5 years later I printed another copy to compare, and I couldn’t see any difference. I have heard of inkjet prints fading, but I was pleasantly surprised with my results. I believe Epson inks for my printer cost £72. I bought 3 sets of ProJet from ink-1 a few days ago for £18. :P
  stcstc

  Member

  November 27, 2010 at 5:00 pm

  talk to GMS, they do proper pro lab prints

  in theory inkjets are actually more lightfast, if do well, but like you say if its what the customer wants give him it
  schumacker

  Member

  December 26, 2011 at 3:41 am

  AedanC wrote:

  Hi,

  I have a contact who wants to buy one of my pictures but insists that the print must be photographic and not ink jet cartridges. Does anyone know where I can get good quality colour-managed photographic prints made?

  Thanks,

  Aedan

  what do customers mean when they say that print output must not look like one printed from ink jet cartridges?
  BarkerPhotographic

  Participant

  December 26, 2011 at 1:33 pm

  Hand Imaging http://www.handimaging.ie/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false; in Mullingar are the guys you want. A long established Pro Lab and really nice people.