Digital BW, The Print

I thought you said you had a hard time getting this down in words...?  This
post is right on... I totally agree, we are lumped in with the masses of
desktop printers everywhere. Whether you are using a small, medium or large
output inkjet and different inks makes no never mind to joe blow. I find it
disheartening to think it makes no never mind to art/gallery people also.



Do you have a special bong mix to "get inside their heads" Mark?? ;-)


Carolyn

> I think you are missing the very big picture; you need to zoom out
> much further. In the grand scale, you are being lumped into this
> one big category called "computer-generated inkjet printers", in
> their eyes. I'm not in any way defending their perspective, I am
> merely offering an opinion of what I think the vast majority of
> art/gallery people think.
> 
> They are not informed enough to make the subtle distinction
> between professional quads and consumer dyes. You do this
> every day, so you're super-aware of the distinctions. But I think
> we're trying to address an entire cultural opinion of this field; and
> I'd say that the masses do not make these distinctions.
> 
> We must first force ourselves to think like them; to get inside
> their heads and understand their fears and apprehensions, in
> order to begin to alter the mindset of this issue.