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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.