Digital BW, The Print

David,

No offense taken. I actually applaud anyone's efforts to gain a more 
direct control over their materials and processes.

I know what you mean about suddenly having your materials go out of 
production. I was devastated when Oriental Seagul went off the 
market. Not only can a paper or other material suddenly disappear 
from the market but, worse in my mind, it is drastically changed by 
the manufacturer without notice.

Even if you go back to the manufactured materials, developing your 
own is a wonderful way to learn how things work and what is and what 
isn't critical to the results.

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., davidhatton@t... wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> 
> I do understand what you're saying and I do agree that certain 
> proprietry info needs to be confidential to promote not only R&D 
but 
> competition. It was said more in a blackish jest than anything.
> 
> I was using it as a lever to support my argument against an artists 
> dependency on manufacturers whims. It's not unknown for a 
> manufacturer to just stop producing a paper altogether leaving 
people 
> high and dry.
> 
> Developing (no pun intended) ones own paper and processes goes some 
> way to removing this dependancy.
> 
> I hope this explains my statement and apologise for any offence...
> 
> DH