The URL doesn't work for me. But I'd like to see his info. I don't think I'd work with a minilab unless they had awesome service. I print several times a week, and I need mey own equipment. Paul
> On 19 Dec 2004 at 20:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Really? My digital minilab does decent work, but they get $10 for an 11x14. > > I > > can print a far superior 11x 17 for about $4 on my Epson 2200. And I get to > keep > > the full frame without going up another print size. Paul > > I must have hit the minilab jackpot, the lab I'm working with now provides > 12x18" prints out of a well calibrated Agfa d-lab 2 for AU$5.00 (or about > US$3.80) a print. They will print with a border or border-less with bleed (I > add a 2% border and get nearly edge to edge without any crop). > > These days an personal ink based printer may reduce turn-around time but it > would definitely cost me more money. The pigment ink prints from 2100 or 7600 > have a wider gamut than prints from a D Lab or Frontier. However it's not > that > pronounced if the image is well prepared as the differences are primarily in > saturation not the range of hues they can reproduce. > > If you want to compare ICC device profiles visually you can use the following > on-line tool, you can even up-load your own custom profiles for comparison. > > http://www.iccview.de/index_eng.htm > > Anyone with a VRML capable browser (I use the Cortona VRML Client) can check > out the following comparison I produced between the D-Lab and Epson 2100, the > wire-frame represents the Epson: > > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/Gen_Sensatis_dlab_V1_vs_Epson2100_Pre > mium_Sem igloss_PK.wrl > > Cheers, > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >
