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Re: 17x22" from 35 mm? YES !!!!!



John:
Those are extremely good prices for light jet prints. How much computer
work do you get into? Can you just send them a PhotoShop file and they
print or do they have to make corrections to the files before they start
production?

I ask this because since I sold my commercial lab I still get calls for
backlit displays with text. The customers are normally looking for
really high quality and a longer life than I can get out of inkjet
trans.

Jim Davis
www.visual-artists.com

John Nollendorfs wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:12:12 -0400
> > From: "Marc B. Sitkin" <mbs@digitalmomentum.com>
> > Subject: Re: 17x22" from 35 mm?  YES !!!!!
> >
> > You might want to confirm the output sale price. I know that some Lambda
> > owners end up selling output for $2-3 a square ft.(for large jobs).
> >
> > At 09:12 AM 10/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Mike:
> > >I was over at the Photo Expo in New York yesterday and had a long talk
> > >with Zak Bogart at ZBE. They have a digital printer similar to the Light
> > >Jet and the Lambda (Technology wise). He said the average going price
> > >for large format digital prints is about $17.50 per square foot. Since
> > >your cost of materials is around .35 for the paper and .50 for the
> > >processing this constitutes a good markup. If you add overhead and pay
> > >back on the printer you probably add another $2.00 to $3.00 per square
> > >foot. At best your costs would run around $5.00 per square foot.
> 
> My local lab in Omaha--Midwest Color--just sent out a mailer that they have
> lowered the price of their light-jet prints. On "paper" on quantities of
> one, their list shows $29-16x20, $75-30x40, $265-50x96. Of course they also
> have their "computer time" for for "file/disk Utilities $60/hr, 1/4 hr min.,
> and also "RIP" time at $60/hr.
> 
> Their "ink-jet" prints are listed at $25.76--16x20, $96-30x40. No mention of
> "archival"!
> 
> This is a good reputable lab! No, I don't own a piece of the action. If you
> want their toll free number, contact me off list.
> 
> John Nollendorfs
> JN Photography
> Lincoln, NE
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