Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Steadman Uhlich" 
<steadmanuhlich@k...> wrote:
> And what good is an expensive print, purchased from a 
professional, that changes dramatically with time..due to the use 
of fugitive dye based inks? 

Steadman,

I totally totally hear you. But what to do, my friend? You're in a 
pinch either way you go.

I love the feeling that I have right now with these pigments, that 
when a print pops out of the 7000, I know (think) it's gonna be 
here til the cows come home.

But then, carry that same stable print to the window, and watch it 
turn green.

So then, you reload the dyes, and the print looks great in any 
room, but then you start sweating when you're packaging up the 
print to ship it out.

But today, I'm leaning toward this scenario: sell my prints cheap, 
print them with 1270 dyes, and then put some kind of mild 
disclaimer in there with them, and then justify it that way. In my 
distorted view of life, if somebody's paying much less than 
"normal", whatever normal is, then if it fades somewhat in 25 
years, then I won't feel "that" bad about it, whatever "that bad" is.

I'd rather feel bad about the print in 25 years, than today, when I 
carry it to the window.

-Mark Tucker
Between rock and hard place