Digital BW, The Print

I didn't say I didn't sell prints on expensive media, and that I don't care how long they last.  The point is, you've got to go with someone else's information, or determine it on your own.  I trust Wilhelm's work for my ink/paper combinations as about the best guess we have at the moment.  But, still all I know FOR SURE is what I see.  I can't see it 100 years from now, and neither can anyone else.
 
Tom Baker

john dean <deanwork2003@...> wrote:
Well, yes I am very new to this site and I now know who Paul is. 
He is apparently very committed to the highest level of 
monochrome innovation and we need people like him fighting 
for us against the muli-nationals.

I have read in the past that the MIS inks were all made in China 
and thus their significantly cheaper price in the past. If this is still 
true that would be enough to scare me away. The one great thing 
about Epson ( and Cone I'm not sure about) is that they have 
great consistency in production, that you pay for of course.

If I were just making prints for my living room I wouldn't care 
about permanence either, and if you don't need to worry about it 
your lucky. I sell digital prints for a lot of money on expensive 
media so my clients put the pressure on me. I clearly remember 
when I was in graduate school and my collegues who were 
using Kodak Ektacolor paper for their thesis work often watched 
them shift color before their portflio's were even completed. Two 
companies changed that - Fuji with their real improvements and 
Wilhelm who attacked Kodak like a rabid dog on a mission. This 
competition has to continue on the permanence level ( no it isn't 
everything) and apparently Paul Roark is helping to do that. Time 
will tell.




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