----- Original Message ----- From: "Ramesh Kumar" Subject: Re: Fuji Frontier Lab (was Lousy Printing)
> No, I am not planning to buy any Frontier Lab:-). I am > curious about few things and people with wet-printing > may be able to clarify doubts. > > Is it possible to feed digital files to traditional > printing systems? > I have seen few lab claiming to do digital prints are > using traditional machines. My guess is they are > converting digital file to "X form" and printing it > with traditional printing machine. Pls correct if I > am wrong. All of the recently manufactured minilab systems are using some form of digital to RA-4 photo paper printing system. This allows for printing of digital files onto colour photographic paper. > > What is this intermediatory "X form"? 16 bit TIFF. William Robb