Top End B&W Printer in UK - Reccs Please

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Tom Stanworth

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I am in the process of pooling B&W work for exhibition and am slowly working my way through some of the printing; however, I am in the UK very little and realise I will need help getting this completed. I will complete about 20-30 prints myself and need perhaps a similar number printing by someone else.

Does anyone have recommendations for very high quality wet printers in the UK (anywhere) that can handle large prints (20x16 to 20x30) and a decent volume and whose work is immaculate. I would like to deal with someone who is not only established and is of known quality handling such things, but who is good to deal with!

I have Robin Bell's details (an obvious option) but would like to see who else out there might be suitable. There have to be a few more but I cant seem to find them!

Cheers!

Tom
 

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Hi Tom, Les McLean would be worth asking. His prints are beautiful and he's a top guy.
 

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Hi tom - you might want to look at this and start researching some of the names to see if they are still going -

http://www.richardnicholson.com/darkroom/

also I understand Dead Link Removed are good and still hand print for various names, but I cant say I've knowingly seen any of their prints.
 

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also, you might want to try Dead Link Removed
 

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Whaaahow..., did you read the text on that somewhat unusually setup webpage that Leon referred to:

"Summer 2006. Durst announces that it will no longer manufacture photographic enlargers. Sales have plummeted from a peak of 107,000(!) :surprised: units in 1979 to just a few hundred units in recent years."

And that was Durst alone...

Marco
 

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i second Les. he is great guy and his prints are lovely.
 

Daniel Ferri

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Tom,
talk to Sharon or Martin at Downdown / Silverprint London. Good facilities and good specialist printers.

They are minutes from Waterloo station in London.

See "silverprint.co.uk" and follow the links

Danny
 

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Does anyone have recommendations for very high quality wet printers in the UK (anywhere) that can handle large prints (20x16 to 20x30) and a decent volume and whose work is immaculate. I would like to deal with someone who is not only established and is of known quality handling such things, but who is good to deal with!

Look no further than www.lesmcleanphotography.com PM me if you want more contact info
 

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I'll add to the Les McLean recommendation. He's a world leading printer and a good bloke with it.
 
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