Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tim Spragens" 
<t.spragens@c...> wrote:
> I'd say two issues, that people have seen their dotty inkjet prints 
fade in a couple of years,

Tim,

They have seen their wedding pictures from 10 years ago start to fade 
away too.

> and 
> that there is a perception that the mechanized process allows one 
to run out tens of thousands of 
> prints like an offset press.

They think exactly the same thing about silver photography!

 It doesn't matter that they can't see rosettes of offset screens, 
the 
> opinion is formed before they look at the image itself.

Then they are prejudiced. There is nothing you can do but to go 
forward in the face of that and do the best you can. This is only 
going to resolve with time and sustained effort.

Martin

> 
> Tim
> 
> > But on the other hand, to me, the whole inkjet-shame issue all 
> > relates to Print Permanence. Isn't it just that simple? Doesn't it
> > simply come down to investment confidence? It's not that inkjet
> > printing, in-and-of-itself, is a shady process. It's just that 
there
> > is a cultural, societal belief (mostly not unfounded), that inkjet
> > prints have permanence issues. Who wants to risk buying something
> > that's going to fade in ten years, so that that original purchaser
> > can't resell it and make money? 
> > 
> 
> --
> Tim Spragens
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> &
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