Re: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

[TonySleep@halftone.co.uk (Tony Sleep)]

On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 10:22:29 -0800  Bob Shomler (bob@shomler.com) wrote:

> Can you find a lab to have a tranny written from your digital file?

Now that is an interesting thought - I'd not thought about filmwriters as 
resolution always seems a bit soft. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who 
has had stuff satisfactorily used at up to A3/DPS in a 150-170lpi magazine.

> I've provided PR folks with Epson 1200 prints that they have found to work 
well enough.  These 
> are more for press and theatre programs, brochures, and flyers -- not that I 
know used in 
> magazine work.  I have read good things from at least one US photog on the 
Epson 2000P.  Is there 
> one you can access for a try out?

If the 2000P is OK, the 1200 I already have should be - longevity isn't an 
issue. Perhaps I'll try this then.


Regards 

Tony Sleep
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