I'll be exhibiting a number of my photographs at a small gallery here in NYC in August. Between now and then, I need to have the images (which currently exist only in digital form) printed. This is an area I have very little experience with! Can anyone steer me to a lab (preferably in NYC) which will produce good digital C-prints? More details after jump. My reading on the subject thus far has persuaded me that I should go with actual photographic prints (e.g., LightJet prints) rather than some kind of inkjet process... for reasons of image quality, durability, and cachet. (The prints will be for sale.)
The images are all square; my plan is to print them at 12" x 12". An added wrinkle: They are anaglyph (the old red-blue 3D format). Color reproduction needs to be as accurate as possible, so that the stereo effect works well when they're viewed with the appropriate glasses.
I'd like the lab to be in NYC so that I can interact with them more easily -- possibly checking out proofs, going to pick up the prints personally rather than having them mailed to me, etc. -- and also to reduce turnaround time in case I end up pushing my deadline.
So far the only labs actually in the city that I've come across in my search are this one, this one, and this one. Only the 1st of those provides a price list online... and they don't actually do LightJet prints, but use an allegedly similar system (a Polielettronica printer) with a 254dpi resolution (isn't 300dpi considered the minimum resolution for good image reproduction?).
Any recommendations?
The images are all square; my plan is to print them at 12" x 12". An added wrinkle: They are anaglyph (the old red-blue 3D format). Color reproduction needs to be as accurate as possible, so that the stereo effect works well when they're viewed with the appropriate glasses.
I'd like the lab to be in NYC so that I can interact with them more easily -- possibly checking out proofs, going to pick up the prints personally rather than having them mailed to me, etc. -- and also to reduce turnaround time in case I end up pushing my deadline.
So far the only labs actually in the city that I've come across in my search are this one, this one, and this one. Only the 1st of those provides a price list online... and they don't actually do LightJet prints, but use an allegedly similar system (a Polielettronica printer) with a 254dpi resolution (isn't 300dpi considered the minimum resolution for good image reproduction?).
Any recommendations?