> > A conversation that was reported to me several days after
> > it happened, almost certainly not verbatim:
> >
> > Kodak Rep: What your customers _really_ want is digital
> > prints from their E6 work.
> >
> > Lab Tech: Don't tell me what _my_ customers want -- the
> > reason they come _here_ is that they want R-3 prints, and
> > when I can't give them those, they take their business
> > elsewhere. I've lost two major clients already because
> > I can't get R-3 paper any more.
>
> OK, help me out here. What's R-3 paper. I've heard the
> term numerous times and have always thought it was typical
> color photo paper, like Fiji Crystal Archive. Is that it,
> or is it something other?
It's for printing from slides without having to make an
internegative first.
-- Glenn