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RE: [Digital BW] what to call these prints - try this out...

2004-08-03 by D. Hill

I call them "Argue Minor Point Prints."

Don


--- Tom Baker <tbaker1328@...> wrote:

> OK.  So, what do you call inkjet prints (assume fine
> art prints) that don't use the 'piezo' technology?
>  
> Tom Baker
> 
> "D. Hill" <hill14701@...> wrote:
> Unfortunately, this is a thread that shows its ugly
> head every couple months. Generally, we get the same
> answers, and a quite a few are misleading
> historically.
> 
> The title of "pigment print" is is a misnomer
> because
> it is already used to describe a completely
> different
> and historic process.
> 
> A "Carbon Print" is a very labor intensive and
> beautiful process that very few people practice
> currently. Clayton's use of "Carbon ink print" is
> very accurate, as it does not use the same name for
> a
> completely different process. While our carbon ink
> prints have stunning longevity, I doubt that they
> will
> achieve the same lifespan as that of a true carbon
> print.
> 
> The best solution I have used is simply "Piezograph"
> (piezo being the technology we utilize in inkjet
> printing). I have previously used this description
> for both color and monochrome works, as it does not
> mislead or confuse by using the same terminology as
> historic processes. However, it does distinguish our
> process from conventional silver and alternative
> process printing.
> 
> For a more specific description, I now utilize
> "Carbon
> Piezograph" and "Pigment Piezograph" to distinguish
> between color and monochrome works as well as the
> nature/composition of the print as well as its
> longevity.
> 
> Any thoughts/takers?
> 
> Don Hill
> 
> 



		
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