Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 10/9/2006 1:55:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dfaprinting@... writes:

--- In  DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"  
<cj@...> wrote:
> 
> Is there a need for some sort of  ISO-type industry standards group to
> define and publish technical  standards?
> 
> 


NO! Defects are unacceptable! But I  guess that is just my own opinion. 
I would never let anything that showed  obvious printing defects out of 
my shop! If "we" want this form of  printing technology to be taken as 
serious art, this is the standard that  we must strive to achieve. As we 
know, anyone can turn out a print on the  inkjet at home which is what 
we need to fight  against.



Perhaps there could be a set of guidelines to follow, in terms of  
presentation, for gallery operators and other exhibit platforms. It is not only  obvious 
physical defects.
It is not a new thing, unique to inkjet printing we are talking about....  
there were always problems with print quality somehow escaping from darkrooms  
all over the country. I've seen some disasters very carefully matted and 
framed,  hanging on library walls. And of course there is the old maxim, "If you 
can't  make it good, make it big". 
Just because a print comes from a wide format printer, doesn't make it  good, 
although some folks seem to think so.
I'm looking forward to Amadou Diallo's "Print Off", to see what I can do to  
improve my print quality.
 
Richard (Brooklyn)


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