[pure-silver] Re: Grain
- From: DarkroomMagic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:13:49 +0100
I don't have an imagesetter. I have the negatives made at a local store
within 4 hours for $8 for an 11x14!
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
On 2006-01-10 04:02, "Lee Carmichael" <click76112@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have installed over 100 imagesetters and platesetters in my working
> life. The issue with imagesetters is when they go bad it costs a lot
> of money. They cost in the neighborhood of 35K to buy one of the
> lower end units. Imagesetters can be repaired. I don't totally
> believe Lensworks explanation. There are other companies that have
> imagesetters. This is the way negs and plates are made these
> days. Direct to press is starting to make some headway into the
> shops but these presses are very expensive and only handle a small
> portion of the printing that comes into the shops. There are some
> direct to plate machines but we are talking 75K for the low end of these.
>
> lee\c
>
>
> At 09:08 PM 1/9/2006, you wrote:
>> DarkroomMagic wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Actually, why compare? Ever tried to make digital negatives for
>>> traditional printing?
>>> You can have all the benefits of digital flexibility and archival,
>>> FB prints to boot!
>>>
>>> Yes, you can have the cake AND eat it!
>> I have a few negatives where I'd like to try this, mainly because
>> there are distracting elements that could be fixed much more easily
>> with digital methods. However, I recently heard that Brooks Jensen
>> at Lenswork is no longer making his special addition prints, which
>> were made as Ralph describes, because his service bureau has started
>> having problems with it's imagesetter. Apparently, these need a lot
>> of maitenance, and they're not much in demand anymore. Does anyone
>> have any experience with this?
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