Digital BW, The Print

Hello Clayton. I doubt there is any hard and fast rule on this in any
event. There certainly was not in professional photography. It was
dependent on the purpose and market. In the B&W days,for portraits, it
was very common to "proof" on print out paper  using a uv light
machine. I still have one (called a Blue Ray) that I've used for 
other purposes such as large format contact prints intended to be
toned. In color work, especialy with an in house lab, proofing with
the final paper was much more effective and required less work. In
commercial work, it could go either way dependent on client budget and
needs. You certainly didn't do "proofs" in dye transfer unless the
client specified it and was willing to pay full freight for it. The
same was true for print film display transparencies intended for
backlighting.

Regards
Duane
  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
>

> 
> If "proof" is synonymous with "test" in the digital world, then I
> guess you need to decide whether to join or fight.  If that's not the
> case, then...I don't know what happens.  All I know is that until now,
> over the past 5+ years I don't recall there ever being a
> misunderstanding, or a discussion, of it in this forum. Lots of
> things, concepts and terminology, are different in the digital world.
> But perhaps I've been mistaken all along.  Anyone else want to weigh
> in on this?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>