Digital BW, The Print

I once worked with a production manager who claimed that if there  
were no such thing as paperwork, he would have invented it.

Mike
On Oct 9, 2006, at 2:38 PM, CorrPro96@... wrote:

>
> 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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