Digital BW, The Print

You Yanks are such a bunch of bloody snobs, it's unbelievable. Ink jet remains ink jet, like it or not. Anybody with 20x magnifying glass can immediately see the difference. If you are so ashamed by using new technology, have your precious pieces printed the "silver" way.
I think that "archival quality ink jet" should be acceptable to anybody.
Hans
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Roark 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 8:29 AM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] OT: What to call the prints...


  Alan wrote:

  >> ...I need to know what to call my prints. ...
  >>Ink jet print just sounds so cheap...

  >...  Giclee seems to have caught on most places -
  >I hate it myself but don't get me started.

  I was in a gallery with some "Giclees" and there was a French woman in there
  who knew the gallery owner.  We started talking about this issue, including
  the alleged slang meaning of the term "giclee."  This woman, who had lived
  in Paris for years, had never heard of the slang meaning.

  >  NOBODY uses "ink jet" in the fancy sales galleries.

  Last week at the Smithsonian, I noticed that a number of displays with color
  images identified the images as ink jet prints.  Still, however, most will
  think of the OEM dye inks and fast fading/color shifting.

  >I call my stuff carbon pigment ink jet on archival paper. ...

  I also like the "carbon pigment" and "archival paper" (as opposed to
  "Archival Matte") labels.  ("Cotton" or "rag" paper would also be fine.)

  But, "ink jet" ...?  I may not be ready to label my prints with that term
  yet.

  Paul
  http://www.PaulRoark.com



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