Fuji Crystal Archive Print

[new girl on the bloc]

anyone use this process? this article: http://www.westcoastimaging.com/wci/page/info/articles/jeffwhy.html
which is basically an advertisement for West Coast Imaging, makes this paper and process sound like the bomb!

[Scottes]

I've always heard that West Coast is highly regarded, and that Fuji Crystal Archive is very highly regarded.

[new girl on the bloc]

I've always heard that West Coast is highly regarded, and that Fuji Crystal Archive is very highly regarded.

they will send free samples of their work, so i ordered all of them.

[DReb-MO]

I've always heard that West Coast is highly regarded, and that Fuji Crystal Archive is very highly regarded.

Better be at those prices... :shock:

[GPR1]

I have several 16x20 FCA prints. They are incredible (and should be for the price I paid). Not only are the colors beautiful, but the process is very stable and the prints should last 80+ years if behind glass.

Greg

[Motorsports Photo]

Fuji Crystal paper has been in use at your better mini-labs for a LONG time. The last claim I saw for the product was 60+ years.

My customers and I always liked the colors that were on those prints, versus the times I had to settle for Kodak paper.

-Pete

[new girl on the bloc]

i guess a better title for my post would've been about this lab in particular, since i too have had photos printed on fuji archival paper, which is indeed gorgeous. i'm just wondering if their process is really that different?

[who10]

Westcoast is my high-end print benchmark - image detail and color accuracy produced by their LIGHTJET are both exceptional (compared to MPIX and Shutterfly which are both very good in their own right). When I want the very best rendition of a particular print I used Westcoast until I found another lab locally in Portland, Or - Digicraft (which uses essentially the same equipment) - saving shipping charges. Prints that I hang in my own house are either LIGHTJET or Epson2200 produced.

As an enthusiast (non-professional) I have sold twenty 16x20 pictures (14 printed from Shutterfly, 3 printed from Westcoast and 3 printed from Digicraft - all printed on Fuji Crystal Archive matte finish). Personally I will continue to use Shutterfly for economy and convenience because few people can tell the difference - but a 65mb AdobeRGB TIFF file printed on a LIGHTJET makes a nicer print than a 6mb sRGB jpeg... one last comment, not all images benefit enough to pay the premium in my own experience. Generally MPIX or Shutterfly suit me perfectly well.

My 2 cents.

David

[new girl on the bloc]

David,

Your 2 cents was very helpful information - thanks! and it seems you're right up the road a piece in Pdx! :wink: