Prints direct from film vs. prints from scanned film

[apconan]

^Inkjet is awful. If you're printing from home, it's either no savings or barely any savings, over taking it to your local Wal-mart of photolab and printing it on Lightjet. Even a Frontier is amazing compared to any inket.

For 4x6s and 5x7s, I think a regular scan and print is fine. For larger, RA-4 printing is higher quality unless you're getting some combination of dedicated/drum scanning and Lightjet printing, especially good if it's Chromira or Lambda. However, I much prefer the process and look of an RA-4 print on Supra Endura.

 

[dfoo]

You are mad. Frontier looks _terrible_! The last bunch I had printed looked purple.

Also, the custom inksets are not very expensive at all IF you buy them in bulk (ie: 4 oz bottles).