Digital BW, The Print

I'll tell you one thing. Before they start naming a paper after
Leonardo they had better take care of their bronzing problems.
Leonardo hated bronzing (except with the big horse project in Milano
that never got done).

Raphael Dean



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mark_gatehouse"
<mark_gatehouse@...> wrote:
>
> Looks like the folks at DaVinci got their knickers in a twist over 
> the B&W list
> 
> http://www.paperandinks.com/acatalog/fibreglossfaq.htm
> 
> 1) Does Paperandinks.com offer samples of the Da Vinci Fibre Gloss to 
> customers, including those based abroad?
> 
> "Paperandinks.com does have sample sheets available for purchase, but 
> does not offer sample sheets to customers for free. We have done so 
> in the past on the basis of goodwill for the customer to see the 
> quality of the paper. However the rather inconsiderate actions taken 
> by some members of the public which as abused the trust and goodwill 
> of Paperandinks.com has caused us to reconsider this approach. By 
> publishing Paperandinks.coms' email address on a group discussion 
> forum on digital imaging, some members of the public have made things 
> difficult for staff at Paperandinks.com. Email takes time to reply 
> and respond, and it is something members of Paperandinks.com or 
> Chaudigital do not have, due to the sheer scale of emails sent and 
> technicality of each enquiry covered. The email address of 
> Paperandinks.com is used purely for the servicing the progress of 
> orders only and providing small levels of product information, and is 
> meant to be a clear line of communication with the customer on this 
> basis. Paperandinks.com would like to make it clear we do not wish 
> any of our email addresses published for purposes other than for 
> order servicing, and would like it to be maintained that way."
> 
> typical plum up the a#s@ Brits!
> 
> Maybe they should stay off the internet if they don't want to use 
> email...
>