Topic: Making wet prints from digital images?

[mickld]

Browsing through Firstcall's site (UK) for supplies, I came across this service: "Film Recording Services: Write your Digital Photos to Film"[ http://www.firstcall-photographic.co.uk/information/10/processing-services ]

The idea is that you send them a CD with up to 36 images and they return a roll of undeveloped Ilford 100 (or 400) for you to dev and print with. That sounds pretty cool for occasional use.

I have a few B&W digital photos of the kids which I've always wished I had taken on film. They're only 10MB each, but hopefully that would be enough to make a decent negative.

Anybody used this service or similar?

[Francois]

I know these things existed before but never used a service like that.
Usually, they use a machine made from an ultra high resolution screen and camera. I know Polaroid made some devices like that.

[DonkeyDave]

Another option would be to print out a negative on OHP transparency material from your digital file, and then make a contact print, there are a number of resources on the web - I've not tried it myself, but do produce digital negs for platinum and argyrotypes that are very pleasing, I'm going to have a go with silver sometime this year.

[mickld]

True. I might try that - if it even contact prints well at 5x7, that would do for the few photos I'm thinking of.

[Francois]

I know crafters and people who do alt process often mention the pictorio inkjet film.