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[Digital BW] Re:Darkroom vs. Inkjet

2004-05-18 by Peter Nelson

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, J Vee 
<j.vee@g...> wrote:
> The term ³traditional Carbon² printing has been discussed here 
before.  It
> refers to a very specific process originating in the 1860¹s which 
is highly
> archival.  Many references on the web to include my own site, and in
> articles I have written.  A mixture of pigments (almost never 
Carbon for a
> long time) is suspended in gelatin and poured over a temporary 
support.

So if it's almost never carbon, then what's "carbon" about this and 
what does it have to do with inkjet printing?

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