FWIW I know of a printer in Christchurch NZ ( Pop 400,000 ) who is going to (
or
so he told me back at Xmas ) start a B&W printing sideline to his prime
business
of antique camera selling.
David
AG Schnozz wrote:
> My understanding of the situation is that Kodak is discontinuing
> the manufacturing of the paper base itself. They're getting out
> of the papermill business. If this is true, well, it only makes
> sense to outsource this.
>
> Ours is pretty much a 100% Kodak free shop, so although I'm
> disappointed with the predictable news from Kodak, I'm neither
> suprised nor devastated.
>
> I'm hoping that the owner-managers of Ilford can hang in there.
> It might be a situation like KMART where a wee-bit of bankruptcy
> is all the company needed to get ready to conquour the world.
>
> Yet I question the wisdom of keeping my own B&W lab operating.
> I don't shoot that much B&W myself and the lab business itself
> is getting slow enough that doing away with it wouldn't greatly
> affect my bottom line.
>
> If Kodak was smart, they'd buy Epson.
>
> AG
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