Re: Digital Cameras

["J. Arthur Davis" <jarthurdavis@earthlink.net>]

Don Montalvo wrote:
> 
> Jerry Olson <jerryols@badlands.nodak.edu> wrote:
> 
> >I imagine these lambda printers cost more than an epson?
> 
> If you bring a digital file to a service bureau and nothing needs to be
> done to the file the cost will be the same as a conventional C-print. The
> cost goes up if you use Quark to assemble a layout and it involves fonts
> and placed images. Most of the time there will be a charge for Mac
> time...the Color Wheel charges $275/hr for any changes they have to make.
> 
> Best bet is to rasterize your Illustrator and Quark files so all they
> have to do is output a TIFF.
> 
> -Don Montalvo
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Lambda prints are going to cost more than conventional color prints.
There is a great difference between an enlarger costing $2500.00 and a
Lambda costing 1/2 million. Your photo lab is going to charge more
because someone has to pay for this machine. In the old days you could
use an enlarger for thirty years. It paid for itself many times over. A
Lambda or any other such printer has to be paid off within 5 years.
Technology changes too quickly for a lab to poke around paying for it.

Jim Davis
www.visual-artists.com/paper
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