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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Running into inkjet work....

2002-02-12 by SKID Photography

Daniel.
In my opinion, Iris prints should also be called 'inkjet' as well, and it was
only because Iris was first, way before there was a 'category' to put them into,
that they got their own classification..

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC

Daniel Perez wrote:

>  I'm curious, how do you feel about inkjet prints that
> come our of an Iris printer?  They call them "Iris
> prints" with pride.  It's a name brand that has come
> to also describe the print itself!  (do you know
> anyone who makes iris prints and just calls them
> "inkjet prints"?)
> In that case we could call our prints "Epson prints!"
> Ha.. except for the fact that everyone and their mom
> has an Epson.
> Remember when a xerox was something that came out of
> a Xerox machine?
>
>   Daniel
>
>
> --- SKID Photography <skid@...> wrote:
> > It's *so* much better than using the actual
> > descriptive term 'inkjet print'
> > that's cheap and tawdry (according to some).
> >
> > Who kidding whom here?
> >
> > Harvey Ferdschneider
> > partner, SKID Photography, NYC
>





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