HELP START A MEET-UP FOR INDY PHOTO LABS!

• Help Start A Meet-Up for Independent Photo Labs! –

THE PLOT to organize a sociable get-together for independent photo labs some time this year has THICKENED! Neil Taylor of the UK's minilabhelp forum has now launched a new web site specially to organize and promote the idea. If you think it's a good idea and would like to attend, speak up and say so. Get along to the new www.minilabhelp.org.uk forum and have your say, TODAY!
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Expressions of support in principle for the proposed conference have been voiced by trade organization, the PMA, and by supplier www.photomart.co.uk. The organizer, Neil Taylor of minilabhelp.com, says: "I would say that networking with others is going to prove vital to the survival of our independent stores. We all learn so much when talking to others, and always come away with new energy."

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DOLI 0810 MINILAB WINS DIMA

• DOLI 0810 MiniLab wins DIMA! – The Shanghai Doli 0810 minilab has won the 2008 PMA DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out competition in Las Vegas this year, in the Industrial High-Speed 4"x6" RA-4 printer category. [expand story >>>]

The DIMA win is based on image quality, as measured by quantitative factors used by colour scientists, and also by qualitative factors, such as flesh tones and neutrality, that were assessed by a panel of expert judges. The win is a testimony to the engineering and design of the Doli 0810. It sends a message to photo lab owners that when they buy the affordable Doli 0810, they're getting a machine that will produce better prints than some systems costing twice as much. [add comment]

SONY UPDR150 IS A DIMA WINNER!

• SONY UP-DR150 Is A DIMA Winner! – The SONY UP-DR150 photo printer won the DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out in the 6" dye sub roll printer category at PMA in Las Vegas last month. The competition was judged on image quality. [expand story >>>]

UP-DR150 has been a great success for SONY. In the UK it spearheaded the corporation's further penetration of the event photography market, where it was well received by 6"x8" users for its unbeaten speed, and for image quality the public loved. In the kiosk arena, it was the machine at the heart of the scores of kiosks sold by SONY to ASDA in what must have been the coup of the year in 2007 in the imaging industry.

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