Fuji Dyecolor
Description
“Around 1975, Fuji Photo Film Company introduced Fuji Dyecolor, a dye imbibition printing service available only in Japan. A feature of the process was that the transfer of the dyes was done automatically in a special rotary machine developed by Fuji. Prints were made on conventional fiber-based paper and appeared identical to Kodak Dye Transfer prints visually (Wilhelm 1978). The service remained available until the mid-1990s.
Like most silver halide–based photographic processes, dye imbibition printing has been abandoned in favor of newer digital printing techniques. Although materials for the process are no longer manufactured industrially, dye imbibition printing is still being practiced today by a few diehards who have stockpiled original materials or adapted new formulas and new dyes. Isolated efforts to produce and commercialize dye imbibition materials in the mid-1990s failed.22”
(Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, on p. 149.)
Secondary Sources
Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, on p. 149 View Quote and on pp. 154–159. View Quote
