Gaetan, oh yes! I made my own RA-4 color prints untill about four years ago. At that point I was convinced digital printing was here to stay. I printed up to 11X14 RA-4 at home using Tetenal chemistry that didn't need temperature regulation and a drum on a roller. 16X20 and larger prints I made at a rental darkroom in San Francisco. I had a lot of trouble with color balance and repeatability. Now I send my film scans or digital images to a lightjet lab. Interestingly enough, the labs print with lasers on the same Fuji Crystal Archive RA-4 paper I used in the darkroom. Good inkjet prints have a much wider color gamut than RA-4 paper. That means I have to compromise with yellow and orange colors compared with the screen image or a good inkjet print. In the old days I never knew those colors were there! No regrets. Bill Lawlor
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