Kodak Picture Maker Kiosks ....... do they use silver halide, or other (thermal, dye-sub or ink jet)

In addition to the header question, how sure are you of your
information source? I see their own page as saying they use real
'photo quality paper'. That is what most ink-jet paper describes
itself and does not imply it uses silver halide.

I would like to find out for CERTAIN as it is a longevity question.

TIA,

Tony.

 

Re: Kodak Picture Maker Kiosks ....... do they use silver halide,or other (thermal, dye-sub or ink jet) technolgy?

Tony wrote:
> In addition to the header question, how sure are you of your
> information source? I see their own page as saying they use real
> 'photo quality paper'. That is what most ink-jet paper describes
> itself and does not imply it uses silver halide.
>
> I would like to find out for CERTAIN as it is a longevity question.
>
> TIA,
>
> Tony.

The kiosks in Kodak franchised mini-labs are "dye-sublimation" printers.
Until quite recently this was the only way to get a digital print from a
digital camera which would last as long as a chemical photograph. I am
100% sure of my source... It's Kodak themselves!

Some lab operators may have a generic kiosk hooked into their chemical
printers but the Kodak one which gives you your prints while you wait is
definitely a Dye-Sub printer.

Ryadia

 

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 23:36:42 +0100, Tony
<> wrote:

>In addition to the header question, how sure are you of your
>information source? I see their own page as saying they use real
>'photo quality paper'. That is what most ink-jet paper describes
>itself and does not imply it uses silver halide.
>
>I would like to find out for CERTAIN as it is a longevity question.
>
>TIA,
>
>Tony.



They are dye sub. The fuji frontier 1 hour machine do both negs and
the lab will have a interface to get digtial files printed. I know
Wolf, Ritz offer digtial print in as few as 10 minutes depending on
volume in the lab.


Steve

 

Re: Kodak Picture Maker Kiosks ....... do they use silver halide, or other (thermal, dye-sub or ink jet) technolgy?

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:27:10 +1000, Ryadia
<> wrote:

>Tony wrote:
>> In addition to the header question, how sure are you of your
>> information source? I see their own page as saying they use real
>> 'photo quality paper'. That is what most ink-jet paper describes
>> itself and does not imply it uses silver halide.
>>
>> I would like to find out for CERTAIN as it is a longevity question.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Tony.
>
>The kiosks in Kodak franchised mini-labs are "dye-sublimation" printers.
>Until quite recently this was the only way to get a digital print from a
>digital camera which would last as long as a chemical photograph. I am
>100% sure of my source... It's Kodak themselves!
>
>Some lab operators may have a generic kiosk hooked into their chemical
>printers but the Kodak one which gives you your prints while you wait is
>definitely a Dye-Sub printer.
>
>Ryadia

Thank you for answering this quaetion.

Tony.

 

Greetings Tony,

The Picturemaker Kiosks use Dye Thermal paper and printers. The longevity
of them is close to that of a properly processed and printed chemical based
print. You can review details of this Kodak feature on their web site at:

www.kodak.com/go/picturemaker

The quality and longevity are excellent.

Talk to you soon, let me know if you have questions.

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company




"Tony" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In addition to the header question, how sure are you of your
> information source? I see their own page as saying they use real
> 'photo quality paper'. That is what most ink-jet paper describes
> itself and does not imply it uses silver halide.
>
> I would like to find out for CERTAIN as it is a longevity question.
>
> TIA,
>
> Tony.

 

In article <cjublf$rg6$>, says...
> Greetings Tony,
>
> The Picturemaker Kiosks use Dye Thermal paper and printers. The longevity
> of them is close to that of a properly processed and printed chemical based
> print. You can review details of this Kodak feature on their web site at:
>
> www.kodak.com/go/picturemaker
>
> The quality and longevity are excellent.
>
> Talk to you soon, let me know if you have questions.
>
> Ron Baird
> Eastman Kodak Company
>

Last time I looked the people (Wilhelm (sp)) who test and certify such things
as photo-paper, ink-jet paper, ink-jet inks and so on even rated the pictures
from the Kodak Printer Dock (DYE-SUB) as lasting AT LEAST as long as a wet
4x6 print, probably longer. I believe it was on the order of 40 years.

If they (Kodak) put that much into a << $200 printer, Im sure their Kiosks
are at least as good.




--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.