Digital BW, The Print

See, I think they're scaring you away from the word inkjet. But to each his own. 
There is a difference, a carbon ink print could very well be a photogravure 
which is a totally different technology. But to tell you the truth, when I send my 
work out I still call them digital pigment prints, what the hell, I don't know 
exactly what is in them because I'm no chemist, but they are pigments and 
they are produced digitally which has more of a bearing on the way they look 
than even the inkset used. But proably a more straightforward  description 
would be pigment inkjet prints. Because that is really what they are, and that 
is probably what I'll call them in the future. Even with that right now I'm doing 
three, soon to be four different types of pigment inkjet prints, all in the same 
room, all with different optical and longevity characteristics. I've got it now,  
how about just call it all photography and leave it at that.

John




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus" <
dlruckus@y...> wrote:
> How about just carbon based ink prints. Who cares how it is 
> deposited or put down other than the person making the print?
> Addendums can describe process for those interested or "concerned".
> 
> Regards
> Duane
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
> <deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> > I don't know. I don't see anything wrong with inkjet or digital 
> inkjet output as a 
> > description because there are many kinds of ink prints - including 
> the still 
> > produced photogravure reproduction. Also the word "ink" could mean 
> > anything from poor quality offset inks,  good quality offset inks, 
> silkscreen 
> > acrylic or oil based inks, very poor stability dye inks, or the 
> finest carbon inks. 
> > It seems to me the only thing the term ink does is to distingish 
> it from color 
> > coupler, dye bleach or other metalic based processes. ( although 
> there are 
> > metallic inks too).
> > 
> > What is wrong with Carbon Based Inkjet Prints, like Carbon Based 
> Lifeforms, 
> > not completely carbon........ but what the hell.....