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Mounting & Laminating: Sticking With What Works

By Handley, Rich
Publication: Imaging Business
Date: Saturday, October 1 2005
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As the photo industry has advanced to producing commercial prints of large size for in-store display purposes, mounting has become a necessity for small labs. Laminating, mounting and other

finishing options can keep inventory levels lower, while raising profits.

(Below) A big print being laminated at Photo Colorgraphix, Thousand Palms, CA.

No matter how competent a vendor might be, if quality is sacrificed in the final steps of any project, it becomes difficult for others to appreciate the effort that went into creating it.That's true of most fields, and it's certainly true for photographic processing. Cutting corners is often unavoidable, especially in today's lackluster economy, but if a photo lab doesn't spend the necessary time and money to build a talented, well-staffed finishing department, then the chances of satisfying the customer-read: of getting repeat business from that customer-can severely diminish.

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