Digital BW, The Print

Tom,
dumb question from new guy on the block. I don't know anythng about print exchanges 
but am always trying to learn new b/w related 'stuff'. please tell me what they are and how 
I can see them.
thanks,
tom, neighbor from Los Altos Hills
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom OConnell" <tomoc@y...> 
wrote:
> The print exchange has come a long way in the last 3 1/2 years. The 
> first one was almost all pretty local and nearly all scanned film 
> printed with home made curves and quads. We've obviously seen a lot 
> of developements in printer, inks, RIPS (thanks Roy), new papers and 
> lots of new digital cameras.
> 
> I just shipped the July 05 exchange...3 years ago, Martin Wesley told 
> me not to stress if the prints were late...he said there was no such 
> thing as a print exchange that shipped "on time." Thanks for the 
> advice Martin...in 3 1/2 years only a couple have literally been "on 
> time" and it's only recently that I have gotten over the stress of 
> being "late"...that's what retirement will do for you <VBG>.
> 
> The diversity we have seen is incredible...this month's exchange, for 
> example has 3 of the most dead neutral prints I have ever seen and 4 
> dramatically toned ones...not even 2 similar workflows and real 
> diversity of participation (the real value of our internet 
> community)...prints from California (4), Tennesse, New York, Oregon, 
> Alaska, Washington, Virginia, India, Norway, UK, and Belgium!
> 
> Thanks to all of you who participate...and welcome to those of you 
> yet to give it a try. It's a real treat to see all this great work 
> every month.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Tom O'Connell