Service bureau A business that specializes in outputting computer files on laser imagesetters, film recorders, large-format plotters and other types of output devices.
If you want someone else to make the print for you, check out on-line printing services or look for a service bureau or graphics arts center near you. Web Display.
The IPTC standard we are referring to here was designed primarily for press and editorial photographers to be able to enter relevant image data into a TIFF or JPEG file header before it was transferred to their service bureau.
For traditional enlargement negatives, work with a service bureau that offers LVT film recorder services (a laser exposes film). They will be able to provide you with any available film type.
"I decided that I can hire people and pay service bureaus and labs to do the work and do it better than I could ever do it.
We checked to see what we could find on location-the big camera companies like Nikon and Canon had service bureaus and would be able to loan us some gear on a short-term basis.
Calibrating is especially necessary when files are being passed from one person to another; what a client sees on their computer, compared to what you see on your computer, compared to what the service bureau sees on their computer can differ ...
See also: Photograph, Digital, Light, Time, Image
 
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