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They've got sick black and white inks for the large format Epson printers. I think like 7 different tones and pigments? It's got a really great look. The color inks are just as good, I think they're at the point where they're making them better than chromogenic prints. Lots of fine art photographers are turning to printers to make their editions now, just because it's a whole lot cheaper, it's easier to color balance and work with, and the prints are really very archival. They're inks, so they don't really fade unless they're exposed to direct sun, and even then, slowly.
Oh and I think they'll handle toning too, using an additional color in the ink mix. This dude at Flatbed in Austin showed my class the whole process and a lot of the final product. We pixelpeeped on a blownup photoshop screen nearby and looked at the print side by side. Way cool. Another neat thing about the studio, the walls were all a neutral gray, lit very evenly. Absolutely perfect for screen viewing. It was so nice, I just love a good studio.
tl;dr rambling about prints and studios and bullshit while haah
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