Digital BW, The Print

Hello Duane,

>Not meant as a criticsm as the name is quite ok w/me but there still
>might be fussing from alternative process people. The carbon prints
>spoken of are most often ,in fact, made with carbon inks. The ink is
>used to prepare the emulsion for the tissue used in printing. Tis a
>long and winding trail we wend in the naming :)

A couple of people have expressed this concern.  A year or so ago I
monitored a long thread in an alternate process forum where Carbon
Print folks were raging about inkjet people hijacking their name
"Carbon Print".  People from both camps participated and it went on
for several weeks.  The general consensus by the time it was over
seemed to be that anything was ok as long as it was not "Carbon
Print".  "Carbon Pigment Print" and "Carbon Ink Print" were some of
the names that seemed ok to them (I'm pretty sure that's where I first
heard the term).  I didn't get the impression that they wanted a
patent on the word "Carbon", just that "Carbon Print" has been used
for years to denote what they do and they don't want it associated
with inkjet printing. 

The "What To Call Them" article has been on line since spring and has
had over 1100 hits, and so far no Carbon Print people have fussed at
me.  It's been only positive responses. 

Regards,
Clayton


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