Digital BW, The Print

But, Robert...in your wet darkroom, did you only use one type of 
developer and one type of paper??? Was the change from one to another 
simple and seamless??

I love all the articles and books that say, "don't worry about the 
technique or tools, just focus on the image in the viewer..."

I maintain that you can't forget the technique or technology until 
you have mastered it well enough to use it instinctively or at least 
automatically. Until then, we struggle with both he art and the 
technology...or maybe there is "no until then..."

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Robert Morrison 
<rmorrison@p...> wrote:
> On 5/13/02 9:03 PM, "iwasnvrhere" <iwasnvrhere@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Your tool analogy was perfect, the one size fits all campaign
> > isn't working and I believe a detriment to advancing the 
technology
> > this art. 
> 
> The ink jet market is certainly along way from one size fits all as 
it
> stands.  Epson offers an extensive array of dye AND pigment 
options.  These
> are all currently supported.  In addition there are numerous dye 
AND pigment
> 3rd party options in both the color and quad markets.  With as 
confusing as
> the incredible diversity of options...sometimes I wish we had a one 
size
> fits all option.  Personally, I'm running several quad printers with
> different ink sets...drivers, etc... and several color printers with
> different ink sets...my guess is that this isn't all that common on 
this
> list.  I wish...I wish...I wish...I could have one 7000 class 
machine that
> would make fine art quality BW and color prints...but I don't see it
> happening soon (at least probably not with the 7600/9600 
offering)...but if
> I could get one printer that did it all...my studio would be a lot 
less
> cluttered (with printers)...and I could spend less time tweaking 
technology
> and more time making art...but maybe this is a pipe dream.
> 
> Robert