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LightJet - Fuji Crystal Archive - This is the state-of-the-art in photographic
print making. Combining digital technology with the latest in archival papers, these prints offer unsurpassed color accuracy, saturation, detail, and image stability.
Prints are created by first making a high resolution digital scan of the original film transparency. This file is then edited
and profiled for output to a Cymbolic Sciences LightJet 5000 "printer" which uses red, green, and blue lasers to "write" the image onto the Fuji photographic paper that is then chemically developed like traditional photo prints.
Fuji Crystal Archive paper sets a new benchmark for archival quality of color photographic prints and has been rated to last 60 years under normal viewing conditions before noticable fading occurs. In addition, once the digital file has been edited and profiled for the LightJet printer, every print is virtually guaranteed to be identical!
Ilfochrome Classic - Formerly known as Cibachrome, this is a proven,
archival quality print made directly from the original transparency (known as an R-type print)
which resists fading, yellowing, and other deterioration due to aging common
to most other color photographic prints. An Ilfochrome print will easily
retain its brilliant gloss, rich colors and sharp detail for
at least 30 years under normal viewing conditions. In proper
dark storage these prints are rated to last five-hundred years!
Ilfocolor - Ilfocolor prints are a super-glossy,
highly saturated, vibrant color print on a polyester (not paper) backing
which resists yellowing. First, a large format negative is made of the original
transparency and it this 'internegative' that is used to create the print (a C-type
print). Using this internegative process allows for greater control in the
darkroom and avoids the contrast build-up inherent in a positive to positive
process such as Ilfochrome. However, because the print is made from a copy
of the original film, there can be some softening of ultra-fine detail and sharpness
(not always bad!). Chemically different from Ilfochrome, Ilfocolor prints
are not considered archival but do offer extended life over many other photo papers.
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