Then for clarity let's stop using the generic terms we can't agree on and just use paper brand and name. Because saying you got a particular result on a semi- anything or an RC something else is meaningless. Guy --- Steve Kale <stevekale@...> wrote: > I don't think we can agree about the ends - they > will forever change. > Perfect gloss doesn't exist. What is perfect matte? > We have a continuum > that at one ever shifting point currently requires a > cross over from fibrous > paper (eg cotton) to resin coated paper. At best we > can say it is "semi" ie > not right at either end but more towards the middle > and more to one end than > the other...semi-matte or semi-gloss. These are not > scientific definitions > but rather passionate adjectives. > > > > From: guy washburn <guido02474@...> > > Reply-To: > <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:28:05 -0800 (PST) > > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Let's simplify > nomenclature > > > > > > Steve, > > > > It's the slippery nature of semi-* that calls out > for > > a list standard listing of papers and where the > fit on > > the gloss-matte continuum. I think we all agree > about > > the ends but the middle is where the trouble > starts. > > > > Guy > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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Re: [Digital BW] Let's simplify nomenclature
2005-03-11 by guy washburn
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