I am thinking about making a few negatives from digital images and scanned LF negatives that I either edited heavily or had poor exposure/development but was saved through post processing the scan.

I know of a few labs offering this service using the Rhino LVT system. My question is: is there variability between service providers with the LVT system? Since it uses lasers and I assume some sort of standardized film system, it seems like everyone should provide pretty much the same product. Perhaps there is potential issues that I am not aware of though? Maybe poor focus or calibration? Or is it a one-button operation?

The reason I ask is I have seen prices varying from $35 per 4x5 negative burn up to $195 each! This is an incredible range. If it's all the same I'd much rather get every negative I am thinking about doing at one shop, compared to exactly one negative at the other.

And speaking of which - has anyone done this and been happy with the prints they subsequently made? I haven't read much online about people using this type of service. A lot of speculation and some saying to just send it out to a lab that prints via Lightjet - which is fair, but I want to both preserve the "handmade" appeal of my prints, and also a negative can be printed as many times as you like, whereas a print is just a one-off thing. The LVT info I have read specifies a resolution of about 2000 PPI, enough for a ~7x enlargement off of a 4x5 negative - more than I can do in my darkroom. Seems great if true.