Digital BW, The Print

On 6 Jan 2005 at 16:52, Douglas Meeuwsen wrote:

> I many times showed a friend a real nice print on photo rag and they 
> said .....
> "wow, ....and you did this at kinko's?"......(kinko's is a xerox 
> place).......and you show then gloss print they say...."who developed 
> these?".......I actually like glossy better. For a long time I was 
> embarrased to admit that. ....weird.
> One other thing though, if you show them a print under glass, they 
> never know that it is an inkjet print. 

I've just started down the inkjet print road, but can see that the 
masses may not appreciate matte finish.  It's been a long time since 
I was in a real darkroom, but I remember people not liking matte 
prints as well back then either.  

Well, the inkjet prints seem somewhat fragile (C86 pigment prints), 
and I don't think they can stand a lot of handling, especially on 
matte paper.  So, I'm putting all the prints I show folks in clear 
plastic sleeves...just like framing under glass, it effectively 
glosses up the paper.

FWIW,

Lee


-- 
Lee Hiers, AA4GA
Cornelia, Georgia

"Have Dobro Will Travel"