dye sub printers
Fujifilm Oz launches bizziBox event system
Fujifilm Australia has launched a new event system for onsite printing. bizziBox bundles a Fujifilm camera and dye sub photo printer with a PC and event software, plus uninterruptable power supply (UPS) in a flight case. The system prints up to 6×8″ inches. List price is AUD$10,000 (roughly £6,500).
DNP supply of SONY dye sub media falters
DNP’s takeover of dye sub media supply for SONY printers has faltered this month (April, 2011). The company cites issues with the handover process, and the tragic tsunami in Japan, as causes. Several stock numbers of DNP media for SONY printers are likely to become in short supply, or unavailable, in coming weeks. SONY ceased fulfilling orders themselves permanently at the end of last month. Prices for this media — which had been rising anyway, due to the rising cost of oil — may be pushed up further by the shortage. DNP aims to resolve the supply issues as speedily as possible.
End of the line for SONY dye subs
All SONY dye sub printers used by professional and event photographers and photo shops have been discontinued from the end of March 2011 and no further models will be made. SONY has withdrawn from that market. Supply of genuine SONY media for these priners will cease, but compatible media should become available from DNP.
On-site printing’s not dead yet!
The heyday of the independent photographer who worked only events, and printed on-site, has come and gone. For NewPhotoDigest, photography writer Simon Towler looks at the market again, and reports that things are not that bleak.
Sony exits the dye sub market
Sony is to exit the professional and commercial instant digital photo print market by April 1, 2011. Media supply for existing Sony dye sub printers will transfer to DNP. The change will affect professional photographers and high street photo shops using Sony dye sub systems for onsite printing, passport photographs, schools photography, ‘lab’ printing, and other instant dry print applications.
Schools photos printed on dye subs
South Cheshire Studios is a small schools photography business in the UK, owned and managed by Jenny Barnard. When faced with the challenge of pricing nursery packages affordably for lower-income parents, while at the same time still making a profit on them, Jenny decided to bring printing in-house. She cooked up an innovative solution based on affordable Fujifilm ASK professional thermal photo printers.
Dry minilabs are in demand
With declining print volumes and rising operating costs, photo retailers are switching to new dry minilabs that are economical at lower volumes.
How to choose a printer for Event Photography
Event photography has evolved from being just another way to earn some money, into a whole contemporary subculture. Instant photo printing is the technology that has enabled modern event photography. The printers used in eventing today are a class of machine known as “Fast Event Printers”. A fast event printer is a dye-sub unit that takes a roll of media 6″ inches wide and produces its maximum-size print in less than 20 seconds. These machines are about as closely related to the small dye-sub photo printers used at home as main battle tanks are to the mini metro. This month I tested seven of them for New Photo Digest, giving some thought to how you might choose between them. This is what we found.
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