I have a client who want one of my pictures for print (panoramic one)
He asked me about the fuji halide crystal
I've printed on Canson Baryta
What paper is best?
and ... where I could send my pictures for print "in halide fuji crystal print?"
Enrique Vizcarra
Posted by David Bostedo on March 31, 2013 at 7:14 PM
Enrique - By "halide fuji crystal" I assume you're talking about what's more commonly called Fuji Crystal Archive. That's a traditional photo paper printed on a chemical printing machine, like a Fuji Frontier printer. Many places produce these, including Wal-Mart and most online labs.
With Canson Baryta, you are making an inkjet print. So it's a bit of a different animal. Some people aren't accepting of ink jet prints over traditional photo papers, although that's getting very rare, particularly for color prints. (Black and white, or higher end color processes, are a little different.)
As far as what's better, that's something of a personal choice. I like the variety of papers and options with ink jet, but some people like more traditional paper/results. For longevity, prints with pigment ink on art papers - like the Canson Baryta - probably have better permanence than the chemical Fuji print.
I prefer the Baryta, but some people hear about Peter Lik's prefered paper (Fuji Crystal Archieve)
So, my dude it's about what good Fuji Crystal Archieve could be vs Canson Baryta
Posted by David Bostedo on March 31, 2013 at 8:18 PM
Well I think Lik also uses Fuji Crystal Archive Pearl or SuperGloss papers. Pearl is a metallic type of paper, and the SuperGloss is, well, super glossy. Some people really love the sparkle or glow or depth they can give certain prints. They're readily available from online labs as well; For instance, Aspen Creek offers them alongside their other Fuji papers and Moab Entrada Rag, which is their ink jet paper. (Their parent company, West Coast Imaging, offers lots of ink jet papers.)
There's nothing particularly special about the paper - but if that's the look he likes, maybe that's the best option.
I have had prints made on Fuji Crystal paper through MPIX. The quality of those prints are very much like the old Cibachrome prints. There is a world of difference between the Fuji Crystal Archive prints and ink jet prints. There is a glow about them that can't be achieve with inkjet prints.
Posted by David Bostedo on June 25, 2013 at 11:10 PM
There is a world of difference between the Fuji Crystal Archive prints and ink jet prints.
I'd disagree with this to some extent Eva. I can't completely, because it's obviously a matter of preference. But high gloss ink jet prints, to my eye, aren't much different than the Fuji Crystal prints I've seen. (Although I don't think I've ever seen their "Supergloss" which is supposed to be very good.) A lot of ink jet papers aren't high gloss, because that's what some printer's prefer, but it likely also dulls certain characteristics, including what people tend to see as "depth" in some prints. But a lot of that could be image preparation as well.
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5 repliesI have a client who want one of my pictures for print (panoramic one)
He asked me about the fuji halide crystal
I've printed on Canson Baryta
What paper is best?
and ... where I could send my pictures for print "in halide fuji crystal print?"
Enrique Vizcarra
With Canson Baryta, you are making an inkjet print. So it's a bit of a different animal. Some people aren't accepting of ink jet prints over traditional photo papers, although that's getting very rare, particularly for color prints. (Black and white, or higher end color processes, are a little different.)
As far as what's better, that's something of a personal choice. I like the variety of papers and options with ink jet, but some people like more traditional paper/results. For longevity, prints with pigment ink on art papers - like the Canson Baryta - probably have better permanence than the chemical Fuji print.
I prefer the Baryta, but some people hear about Peter Lik's prefered paper (Fuji Crystal Archieve)
So, my dude it's about what good Fuji Crystal Archieve could be vs Canson Baryta
There's nothing particularly special about the paper - but if that's the look he likes, maybe that's the best option.
I'd disagree with this to some extent Eva. I can't completely, because it's obviously a matter of preference. But high gloss ink jet prints, to my eye, aren't much different than the Fuji Crystal prints I've seen. (Although I don't think I've ever seen their "Supergloss" which is supposed to be very good.) A lot of ink jet papers aren't high gloss, because that's what some printer's prefer, but it likely also dulls certain characteristics, including what people tend to see as "depth" in some prints. But a lot of that could be image preparation as well.