Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently went to an exhibition in Seattle of work printed by Nash Editions (Graham Nash of Crosby Stills and Nash!) using their Iris Inkjet system which they have been working on since about 10 years ( there have been articles in Camera & Darkroom in the last yea or so, about their system). I had read about the system but never seen any prints. These were images of the Northwest rainforests. the prints must have been about 24 x 36 (there was also a b&w series). They were printed on watercolour paper and were stunning. Luminous colours, incredible detail and a wonderful sense of depth. Graham Nash and the manager of Nash Editions were also there talking about the system, but I missed most of that. Tim A. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick Sent: November 24, 1998 6:02 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Evercolor, LaserJet 5000, and Chromira Bill Nordstrom is the originator of Evercolor. He was located in Eldorado Hills (near Sacramento) CA. Photographic Arts, Inc. (John Wawrzonek) and Evercolor merged, and moved the operation to the east coast (Worcester, MA), including Bill ( http://www.evercolor.com ). At some point, Bill left Evercolor and founded Laser Light Photographics in Aptos, CA, (40 miles from here) and uses a LaserJet 5000, (by Cymbolic Sciences, Inc., http://www.colourconcepts.com/lightjet.htm ) There is a lot of difference between the original Evercolor process and the LaserJet process. The Evercolor process produced full size separation films (a 20x24 print requires 20x24 film). These films (CMYK films) were then contact printed via a pigment transfer process to produce the very very archival and super sharp Evercolor print. It's more of a printing process than a photographic process. The LaserJet 5000 process prints on photographic paper using lasers. ZBE has a new machine to compete with the LaserJet, called the Chromira ( http://www.zbe.com/chromira.htm#open ). It uses leds rather than a laser. The output is stunning. All of these processes start with a drum scan. Jim > >Does Bill Nordstrom sound like the chap's name? I believe the company >name is "Laser Light Imaging" or something near to it. Kept moving back >and forth bewteen the east and west coasts of the US...not sure where >they are at the moment. > >Regards, >Nigel