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Re: [Digital BW] Permanence Ratings for Fine Art Media

2008-02-18 by SteveZ

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Harold Jackson 
<harold@...> wrote:
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> I try to remove the permanence question from the conversation by 
using papers that have been rated by Wilhelm.  In other words start 
from the end and work back.  What papers have been tested and, of 
those papers, which ones fit my artistic vision?  Only after 
concluding that none of the rated papers is a match would I venture 
into the unrated papers.  It's already hard enough to sell our work 
at a good price, why add to the difficulty?  I recognize that this is 
a pretty commercial approach but there are so many rated papers that 
it is rarely necessary to compromise artistic vision for commerce. 
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What's troubling and confusing is why a company like Wilhelm - who's 
world-wide reputation is unsurpassed in research and testing - does 
not provide ratings for some of the most commonly used, popular 
papers.

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