Online printer sought for old negatives

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Looking for recommendations for a company that can make prints from old medium format negs
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I’m pretty sure Harman lab do it. That would be my first choice anyway, seeing as they make film and specialise in black and white photography supplies
 
What sort of prints? Colour or black and white? Scanned from the negative and printed onto glossy photo paper (or matt, mock canvass, etc.)? Wet prints in a darkroom using an enlarger? The costs vary depending on which you go for... also for scan size (small, medium or high resolution scans). Do bear in mind that what looks sharp on a negative might not actually be sharp when enlarged to print size too, so don't get your hopes up unless you've seen some nice prints from your old negs already.

Depending on your needs, perhaps have a look at AG Photolab https://www.ag-photolab.co.uk/ and see if they have a service that would suit you? They're long established and I regularly use them for developing and scanning my films and have always found them OK, fairly priced and reliable. However, I never recommend anyone as experiences and expectations can vary, so it's up to you. (y)
 
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Thanks both
I’m looking to get simple test prints made from old family negs not sure what state they are in or how in Focus -
 
Hi ed
If you have many negs it might be worth getting a film scanner and you can then see the JPgs to see if any good......some guys use a digi camera to copy negs.
If you bought a S\H film scanner you can always resell it after using it.
At first you don't have to be an expert using a film scanner as it doesn't matter if say the colours are wrong or covered in dust spots or dirt smudges etc, but it will show you if the negs are winners or losers and you can go from there.
 
As Brian suggests, if you have a lot of negs (and there are no copyright issues with you using them) to work through, then a flatbed scanner like an Epson V550 or V600 will probably be cheaper than getting them all scanned or contact printed by a lab. Both these scanners will cope with 4x6, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8 and 6x9 size medium format film as selectable 'standard' sizes, or you could go fully manual and scan a strip in one go. However, it does take time to do, but you can always do other things in between loading strips of negs and letting it get on with it. You can then send your favourites as image files to a lab to get them printed. Although a lab may well refuse to handle them if they are the work of a professional photographer and you've not got the photographer's written consent to copy/use the images.

Subject to no copyright issues, If you do decide to go down the home scanning route then there are quite a few good tips to be had in the F&C section as many of us use such a scanner for 120 medium format film. The results are surprisingly good for 120, here's an example 6x6 shot from a good quality TLR camera and fine grained modern film (click on the image to view full size in Flickr):



However, the image will only be as good as the negative, so don't expect miracles, but the above is an example of what either of those two scanners should be capable of. Hope this is useful.
 
You could try taking a photo of some with a digital camera if you want to see what they look like before getting any printed. You wouldn’t need a macro lens with medium format to get a “scan” that would be high enough resolution to have a look at. Just need something to light the negative from
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