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RE: [Digital BW] Re: what to call these prints?

2004-08-03 by Tim Atherton

> - Carbon Pigment Print (my choice)

The big problem with this is there are existing carbon pigment prints (where
that exact term and also variations of it are used) which are very different
from what we are talking about here - which can confuse institutions, the
public and also, practising carbon pigment printers, who get very hot under
the collar about us appropriating the term...

> - Carbon pigment on cotton paper

same with this to some extent (as "true" carbon/pigment prints are often
printed on cotton paper)

It's like saying (slightly bad example) hey - this new glossy resin coated
inkjet paper is really great - lets call them "RC Glossy Prints" - it would
just be confusing - you wouldn't do it

This is in part why the slightly clumsy term (mainly, but not only for
colour work) Pigmented Prints has evolved (or pigmented inkjet prints or
several variations thereof)


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