Re: ALPS printers

[P3D John Ohrt <johrt@xxxxxxx>]

P3D David C. Clark wrote:
> 
> I played with an ALPS at Seybold last year and it is not impressive.  It
> is basically a toy.  Transmissive Dmax is about 1.8The output has a
> gritty appearance.  They do print some interesting demo files (one has
> fish under water), but you will not be able to duplicate that quality
> with scans of normal images.


Thanks for the observations.
 
> If you really want digital prints, the Fuji is the way to go.

The only consumer-level, photorealistic Fuji I know of is the recently
marketed one, which is a dyesub.

>  Dye subs
> and ink jets have an extremely short life, even when kept in the dark.

Please define "extremely short".  

What mechanism do you think degrades either in the dark? (I don't know
of any)

Finally, are you taking about prints right out of the machine, protected
by spray on UV blocking film or laminated with UV blocking laminate?

Regards,
John

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John Ohrt,  Regina, SK, Canada
johrt@xxxxxxx


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