Digital BW, The Print

To caelin2; if you read past my post you will see that i was
responding to a question posted by Michael Faye asking what people
like to use as a term, so it was not exactly off topic.

It was my understanding that this discussion group was for, well,
discussion, and to tell us to "get over it" is an attempt at
squelching discussion.  Why shouldn't we be allowed to discuss these
things, it's an important topic to our art.

To Clayton, yes, I read and really appreciated your article and was
kind of heading in that direction myself until i discovered that there
was an old, alternative photographic process called carbon printing,
and so I thought that might be confusing.  

However, to both Arthur and Clayton, at least you say your work is ink
or inkjet, and that's all I'm proposing.  I do, certainly, understand
the marketing aspect (I too am concerned with selling and displaying
my images) but I think that together, by showing excellent work we can
raise the standards and expectations of inkjet printing.

Respectfully,
-j-






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@c...> wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> >why, because we are embarassed by our media?  
> 
> I agree with Arthur.  I use the term "Carbon Ink Print" (for a variety
> of reasons explained in an article on my web site, so I won't repeat
> it here) not because I'm embarrased, but because it's a simple truth
> that the term "inkjet print" carries some baggage that equates to poor
> quality.  I want to make a clear statement that my prints are
> something above that.
> 
> As arthur said, if the term we use starts a conversation, all the
> better.  It gives us an opportunity to explain what we're doing. 
> Right now I have some matted and sleeved prints in a gift shop.  In
> each sleeve, on the back side, is a small paper with a brief
> explanation of what a Carbon Ink print is.
> 
> Customer response has been very positive to the concept.  They seem
> very impressed whenever I have an opportunity to explain it further in
> person.
> 
> Is is a marketing strategy?  Of course, I'm trying to sell prints.  Is
> it dishonest?  No, not at all.  Carbon Ink Print is a perfectly
> accurate description.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm