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radekalplus t1_j103t92 wrote

For those wondering, this is a controller for a Noritsu commercial printer for printing photos. You use this keyboard to perform colour corrections on the photos before printing. You use the arrow keys to select a photo, and then YMCD (Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Density) to select the parameter to adjust, and then the -, N (Neutral), + keys to make adjustments. It's extremely fast and efficient once you know what you're doing. The screen displays 6 images at a time, and a fast person would spend less than one second on each image. You need that kind of efficiency when you're dealing with thousands of photos.

Source: was a print technician for a few years

Edit: spelling

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radekalplus t1_j104fy9 wrote

I hadn't gotten into the keeb hobby yet when I was using those, so I'm not sure what kind of switches they were. I work in a different part of the store now but I might pop into the lab and have a look when I get a chance.

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RubberReptile t1_j117nh5 wrote

My first "real job" was working in a photo lab with Noritsu printers. We manually adjusted all photos. Some wedding jobs we would have over 1,000 prints. Thankfully most of those photographers had our colour profiles installed, so for the most part it was just adjusting density.

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PogO_449 t1_j13qp8r wrote

What did you mean by having "color profiles installed?" Was this in an analog or digital format?

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RubberReptile t1_j14sz19 wrote

For a photographer shooting digital, if they installed our color profiles on a computer with a calibrated monitor, the print output would more closely match what they see on their screen. It's just a way to try to eliminate some variance between display and output since every screen and every printer is different.

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radekalplus t1_j148rqq wrote

Oh hi! Fancy seeing you here. I think you know who I am by my username

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RubberReptile t1_j153ew5 wrote

Wow, crazy coincidence! I suppose there's likely not thaaaaaaat many of us out there who worked in Noritsu photo labs though :)

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FixedFront t1_j11fekd wrote

I used to manage photo labs. Fuji machines were great, but my true love was the Noritsu machines I started on. They were absolute tanks and always put out a good print.

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