Digital BW, The Print

Clayton,

Thank you for the many contributions you've made to advance digital 
art printing.  I want you to know I support your test methods and 
have personally seen the quality of the results.  Nothing attests 
more to the validity of what you are doing than the result itself.  
A few months ago I purchased a 5x7 of your church interior print to 
serve as an example of what I can do if I get my processes down.  
That print is absolutely fantastic!  I was expecting something nice, 
but not that nice.

Steve has gone past the point of a respectful, intellectual 
discussion and resorted to sarcasm in an attempt to establish his 
approach as superior.  Anyone receiving that type of response to an 
honest, open statement can be discouraged and wonder whether its 
worth the risk to continue making public the results of their work.  
I hope that thought never crosses your mind!  To not be able to 
benefit from your experience would be a serious loss to the entire 
printing community.

Please keep your posts and website updates coming.  They benefit 
many more people than the few who are irritated by them!

Bob

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Claude,
> 
> >Since I still do personal work in B&W, and as a former "zoner," 
> >I can appreciate the work of Clayton, with his use of RELATIVE 
> >rating. Empirical testing of only 2 components, with a VERY 
useful 
> >conclusion. One can readily make some informed decisions about 
> >substantial paper batch investments (financial committment) from 
a 
> >guy who can "hang them on the wall,' as opposed to a meter 
reader. 
> >To that I say:  nice work.
> 
> Thank you.  It's nice to have a confirmation from someone who
> understands.  In my last posts on this issue I struggled to find 
the
> right words to describe the purpose, or need, that the review 
attempts
> to serve, and did not feel I succeeded.  It was very frustrating.  
You
> have, in a few concise sentences, nailed it perfectly.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>