Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 5/12/2003
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The best way would be an enlarger that can use digital input instead of a negative or slide and uses regular photographic paper and chemicals.
Machines like the Fuji Frontier and Agfa D-3 work along those lines, and there are probably standalone enlargers that can do it as well.
An alternative would be to make a large print (as large as possible) and photograph that on slide or printfilm which you can then have printed regularly.
Remember all inkjet and thermo printers (including laserprinters) produce results that as yet don't last nearly as long as a good print on photographic paper.
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Betsy Hern
(K=12872) - Comment Date 5/12/2003
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If your image has enough resolution for the size you want to print it at, and you have wide enough bandwidth to upload your images, you can get professional prints made and mailed to you through a large number of online stores. You will find services that will print on any number of different substrates with different inks and dyes. Price varies with quality, just like in the traditional film transparency sense. Do some searching (www.google.com). More and more "quick print" places here in the US will take digital images on a cd, or even straight from your camera's media card and process prints.
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Britt Park
(K=2210) - Comment Date 5/12/2003
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LightJet prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper are estimated to have a lifetime >75 years. An inkjet print on archival rag paper using pigment based inks should last the same or longer (lookup mediastreets for one supplier of pigment based inks). You'll get a very different look with the different techniques. Personally I prefer the look and feel of inkjet prints. The gold standard for color prints used to be dye transfer, which involved making separation negatives and using pigment based dyes. Kodak stopped making the materials a number of years ago, and I don't know if anyone has stepped in to make supplies.
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Britt Park
(K=2210) - Comment Date 5/12/2003
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Sorry, it's actually www.mediastreet.com
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Uncle Frank
(K=1642) - Comment Date 5/12/2003
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Paul, you might find these articles of interest.
"Secrets to Print Longevity"
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/pcworld0102_secrets.pdf
"Fight Photo Fade-Out"
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/PCWorld_PhotoFade_July_2001.pdf
Frank
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