[LargeFormat] short of water

[philip.lambert]

Dear Rs
Have you considered digital printing?  This is a dry process. A decent (?)
printer is £300 or so and for a bit more you can get an A3
one.  I am confident that they accept Yap Island credit cards or a couple of
your wives if recent model.  No I haven't bought a printer but I am now
getting processed films back from the printing lab with the images on CDrom
with files large enough to print from or view on my 15inch screen.  Lacking
experience of digital printing I have joined the camera club, where half of
the members are into digital work because they (like me) are fed up with wet
darkrooms.  They are all old and grey yet would all claim to be lucid and
adapting to the new technology.  The printers sometimes produce photographic
quality results (I have seen some). You can mess about with the image on
Photoshop until it looks nothing like what you started with.  Haven't any
idea whether the cost per print is less than the wet process. (Plates used
to be wet process....)   Philip
>      Thank you for the vote of confidence. Should you wish to accompany
that
> vote with a cash donation, I can email you my postal address. I accept all
> major currencies including Yap Island stone wheels.
>     I did a flow measurement last night for the Nova Speed washer I have.
> For a full flow from the outlet pipe and no overflow it uses 150 litres
per
> hour. The recommended time for washing is 2 minutes so that uses 5
litres -
> my processing times and workflow are fairly consistent so there are prints
> going in and coming out on a regular basis - thus I can't really stop
water
> flow during the printing time.
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