Digital enlargers

Couldn’t you get a neg made from the file and then you can choose the best handprinter rather than be limited to a lab with a digital enlarger?

Hi Alex,

I am also considering in printing my files onto fibre paper. As nobody in my area has the Durst digital (at least as far as I know), I am looking on producing negatives using a film recorder (continuous tone one). One friend from Canada uses one, unit from 1993 he is quite happy with. Quoting him, it uses a custom CRT and tri-colour filter wheel with optics focusing the image on piece of film up to 120. Newer units could have higher resolution and perhaps better colours or shades of grey (I assume). I recall some newer ones use three lasers instead of a CRT, and perhaps could work in higher bit depth (if Lightjet can, why not these too). Making a conventional B&W negative this way could be even better than using the De Vere digital enlarger, as you could than print or have it printed at your leisure, although the additional cost could offset that. I guess prints on the De Veres aren’t cheap either…

Thanks for the link, thats a great concept, and I look forward to utilizing it.

Alex,

I had my portfolio printed on 11×17 paper with a digital enlarger. The colors looked great, there is no noise or grain in the files and they look bombdiggitydocious. I live in a small town in North Idaho, so I would imagine there would have to be more labs in Miami that offer this. As with anything, make sure you save the files sRGB and the colors should be spot on from a straight print.