Lambda Print

Regarded as one of the best digital printers. It uses three lasers (Red, Green & Blue) to print digitised images onto traditional photographic paper. This allows consistent reproduction of large run editions with the same quality as traditional print techniques. This process typically uses C-type paper.

Lambda on crystal archive: see Lambda and Fuji colour crystal archive.

Lambda on Gloss Fuji Archive : see Lambda and Fuji colour crystal archive.

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