Digital BW, The Print

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Hi Peter.

How refreshing, a thread that is not a rant!  I think Paul Roark already 
answered many of your questions.  In answer to your question above, my 
work comes with a warranty that, as long as I am still in business, I 
will re-print if it fades, provided the collector displayed it under 
reasonable conditions (low humidity, acid free framing, under glazing, 
moderate light levels and no direct sunlight).  

I come from a traditional b/w wet-lab.  At first I too was conflicted 
about archival issues associated with inkjet prints, but the technology 
has advanced so quickly, that I couldn't resist using it.  The bottom 
line for me is that there is more to gain from this technology, than 
there is to lose from it.  I don't have time to wait for it to mature. 
 On this experimental road I have gone through three 2000P printers, two 
1270, two 1160 w/ piezography, and am now printing on an Ultrachrome 
9600.  Yes, I am somewhat nervous about Epson's and Wilhelms' usual 
sequence of claims and retractions, but with the warranty I issue, I 
feel I'm covered.  

On the up-side, and perhaps more importantly, I am making more images 
with this new technology, than with the old technology.  I experiment 
more, and I get to work more of my ideas more thoroughly, because inkjet 
technology makes it easy for me to do so.  Staying up all night in my 
well ventilated (but still stinky and dark) wet-lab has lost it's allure 
for me, and is just not conducive to playing or experimenting.  

I figure that the ideas I have not acted upon have an even shorter 
shelf-life than the papers and inks I am using.  I vote for the 
exploration of ideas over becoming paralyzed over archival issues.   

My two cents.

Philipp

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