Digital BW, The Print

>"Carbon was one of the earliest substances used to produce 
>photographic prints. The first known image-forming use of carbon 
>pigment was in the Paleolithic Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave in France
>some 30,000 years ago. More recently, the first photographic 
>Carbon Print process was developed by Adolphe Poitevin in France 
>in 1856."
> 
>"An important aspect of the process is that it is an ink on paper 
>medium, not a light-sensitive emulsion, and therefore is more akin
>to gravure than to silver or platinum prints. Carbon printing is 
>still practised today in various forms by those who revere a more
>permanent image."
>

Sounds like someone has been reading my website.  Compare the above
with these quotes from my article "What To Call Them" (written over a
year ago) on my web site at

  http://www.cjcom.net/articles/digiprn6.htm

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"Carbon was the earliest substance used to produce long lasting
photographic prints.  The first Carbon Print process was developed by
Adolphe L. Poitevin in France in 1856 in response to a monetary prize
offered for the first person to devise a permanent photographic
printing process  (from The History Of Photography by Beaumont
Newhall, page 60).  Carbon Printing in various forms is still
practiced today by people who love to keep the old processes alive."

"One of the key aspects of inkjet printing is that it is an ink on
paper process, not a light-sensitive emulsion, and therefore is more
closely related to Photogravure than to silver or platinum."
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They have pretty much lifted my text and rearranged it slightly.  The
mention of the "Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave" probably came from one of
Paul's posts here, or maybe it's on his web site...

Should I be angry or flattered? [g].


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm