Digital BW, The Print

Sam

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Steve


> From: Sam McCandless <samcc@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:01:10 -0800
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] history of digital fine-art printing
> 
> At 7:55 AM -0500 2/9/06, hjswim2@... [Harald Johnson] wrote:
>> [snip]
>> 
>> At the urging of several colleagues, I'm posting my books' history of digital
>> fine-art printing for the first time on my site:
>> http://www.dpandi.com/history
>> The only thing you're missing are the pictures (which are half the fun!) and
>> the "Computers, Art, and Printmaking" sidebar timeline (from 1946). The
>> "Giclée: the True  Story" is already there and linked.
>> 
>> I boast on my home page that this is the "definitive" history.
> 
> Because it's Harald's, I think it would be better
> for him to just let others assess it. And hope
> none of them call it definitive, because I don't
> see how anyone could defend calling so early an
> account definitive.
> 
> 
>> At least, I haven't seen one better or more complete.
> 
> Me either: in fact, I haven't seen either
> Harald's or any of these others at all.
> 
> 
>> Let me know if you disagree or have
>> anything to add. For those of you with my First Edition of the "Mastering
>> Digital Printing" book, I added Jon Cone up
>> front in this section in the Second
>> Edition. I know there were a couple of other
>> individuals experimenting in the old
>> days, but these are the main players as I see them.
>> 
>> [snip]
> 
> I haven't seen Harald's first edition either. But
> until the dust still being stirred up has
> settled, I don't think we will be able to begin
> to see even "the old days" clearly.
> --
> Sam