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Hello again!

Hello again!

2016-01-12 by Walker Blackwell

Dear B&W print lovers,

This forum almost single-handedly got me up and running in 2004 when I started my first printing company (Black Point Editions) in Chicago as a 20-something. I read every single post, learned a ton, and wrote quite a few posts myself. Thank you to those who where there back then.

Over time I got busy and life happened and I slowly stopped posting, but I've monitored this forum for over a decade as a lurker and very occasionally—if someone has a question and I have time and energy to answer—I'll post-back.

Back in 2004 I started doing dual-quad split Piezography (actually Tyler Boley and I had settled on a very similar arrangement of inks and hues without knowing it right around then) and many hundreds of thousands of dollars in ink/paper/printers/coffee later I find myself in the peculiar position of being hired at the Piezography mothership (InkjetMall) as an R&D and their QC / support guy (only about 40mins from where I grew up in Vermont). Today was my first day.

After more than a decade of fine-art printing for artists, I'm taking a different tack and will have more dedicated time to re-engage my fellow printmakers in the trenches here and elsewhere.

So, I'm emailing to let you all know that I'm here to answer inquires and questions regarding >3 K systems. I understand and fully respect the egalitarian and product-neutral nature of this forum (I relied on that as an experimenter) so I'm not here as a shill or anything. (If you are a currently IIJM customer, there's an incredibly vibrant community over on that site that can peer-to-peer Piezography-specific and refillable cartridge-specific trouble-shooting questions.)

As I will be doing a bunch of support and QC at IJM I won't have all the time in the world to respond to everything on this site, but I've smart-mailboxed and a few specific keywords that will get my attention and make me reply promptly (fingers crossed it's been a while).

all the best and a happy 2016 to everyone!
Walker Blackwell

Re: [Digital BW] Hello again!

2016-01-12 by Richard Massie

Hi Walker.....
Welcome back East and the best of luck to you.
I'm still working with Jon's Piezo inks and still enjoying printing at 80.

Richard Massie
Brooklyn, NY

www.rmassiephotography.com
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> On Jan 11, 2016, at 22:03, Walker Blackwell forums@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear B&W print lovers,
> 
> This forum almost single-handedly got me up and running in 2004 when I started my first printing company (Black Point Editions) in Chicago as a 20-something. I read every single post, learned a ton, and wrote quite a few posts myself. Thank you to those who where there back then.
> 
> Over time I got busy and life happened and I slowly stopped posting, but I've monitored this forum for over a decade as a lurker and very occasionally—if someone has a question and I have time and energy to answer—I'll post-back.
> 
> Back in 2004 I started doing dual-quad split Piezography (actually Tyler Boley and I had settled on a very similar arrangement of inks and hues without knowing it right around then) and many hundreds of thousands of dollars in ink/paper/printers/coffee later I find myself in the peculiar position of being hired at the Piezography mothership (InkjetMall) as an R&D and their QC / support guy (only about 40mins from where I grew up in Vermont). Today was my first day.
> 
> After more than a decade of fine-art printing for artists, I'm taking a different tack and will have more dedicated time to re-engage my fellow printmakers in the trenches here and elsewhere.
> 
> So, I'm emailing to let you all know that I'm here to answer inquires and questions regarding >3 K systems. I understand and fully respect the egalitarian and product-neutral nature of this forum (I relied on that as an experimenter) so I'm not here as a shill or anything. (If you are a currently IIJM customer, there's an incredibly vibrant community over on that site that can peer-to-peer Piezography-specific and refillable cartridge-specific trouble-shooting questions.)
> 
> As I will be doing a bunch of support and QC at IJM I won't have all the time in the world to respond to everything on this site, but I've smart-mailboxed and a few specific keywords that will get my attention and make me reply promptly (fingers crossed it's been a while).
> 
> all the best and a happy 2016 to everyone!
> Walker Blackwell
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> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as they are often being updated.
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
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> - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short.
> - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the membership without notice.
> - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from the membership.
> - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner and Moderators. See “Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines” in the Files section:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/
> 
> BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE  “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP.
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RE: [Digital BW] Hello again!

2016-01-12 by Elliot Puritz

Wonderful news!

 

I am a bit younger than you Walker.  There appears to be a significant number of those in our general age group who have decided that the Piezography digital black and white work flow offers all we could hope for. It is great to have another resource that can help.

 

Elliot

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 12:03 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Hello again!

 

  

Hi Walker.....
Welcome back East and the best of luck to you.
I'm still working with Jon's Piezo inks and still enjoying printing at 80.

Richard Massie
Brooklyn, NY

www.rmassiephotography.com
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> On Jan 11, 2016, at 22:03, Walker Blackwell forums@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear B&W print lovers,
> 
> This forum almost single-handedly got me up and running in 2004 when I started my first printing company (Black Point Editions) in Chicago as a 20-something. I read every single post, learned a ton, and wrote quite a few posts myself. Thank you to those who where there back then.
> 
> Over time I got busy and life happened and I slowly stopped posting, but I've monitored this forum for over a decade as a lurker and very occasionally—if someone has a question and I have time and energy to answer—I'll post-back.
> 
> Back in 2004 I started doing dual-quad split Piezography (actually Tyler Boley and I had settled on a very similar arrangement of inks and hues without knowing it right around then) and many hundreds of thousands of dollars in ink/paper/printers/coffee later I find myself in the peculiar position of being hired at the Piezography mothership (InkjetMall) as an R&D and their QC / support guy (only about 40mins from where I grew up in Vermont). Today was my first day.
> 
> After more than a decade of fine-art printing for artists, I'm taking a different tack and will have more dedicated time to re-engage my fellow printmakers in the trenches here and elsewhere.
> 
> So, I'm emailing to let you all know that I'm here to answer inquires and questions regarding >3 K systems. I understand and fully respect the egalitarian and product-neutral nature of this forum (I relied on that as an experimenter) so I'm not here as a shill or anything. (If you are a currently IIJM customer, there's an incredibly vibrant community over on that site that can peer-to-peer Piezography-specific and refillable cartridge-specific trouble-shooting questions.)
> 
> As I will be doing a bunch of support and QC at IJM I won't have all the time in the world to respond to everything on this site, but I've smart-mailboxed and a few specific keywords that will get my attention and make me reply promptly (fingers crossed it's been a while).
> 
> all the best and a happy 2016 to everyone!
> Walker Blackwell
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as they are often being updated.
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> 
> If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page.
> 
> Please follow these basic guidelines:
> - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short.
> - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the membership without notice.
> - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from the membership.
> - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner and Moderators. See “Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines” in the Files section:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/
> 
> BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP.
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Yahoo Groups Links
> 
> 
>

Re: [Digital BW] Hello again!

2016-01-12 by John Castronovo

Congratulations and best of luck in your new position Walker. Glad to know 
you're still here and able to help sort this stuff out with the rest of us.

john castronovo
techphoto, llc
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Walker Blackwell forums@... 
[DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint]
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 10:03 PM
To: DigitalB&WPrint
Subject: [Digital BW] Hello again!

Dear B&W print lovers,

This forum almost single-handedly got me up and running in 2004 when I 
started my first printing company (Black Point Editions) in Chicago as a 
20-something. I read every single post, learned a ton, and wrote quite a few 
posts myself. Thank you to those who where there back then.

Over time I got busy and life happened and I slowly stopped posting, but 
I've monitored this forum for over a decade as a lurker and very 
occasionally—if someone has a question and I have time and energy to 
answer—I'll post-back.

Back in 2004 I started doing dual-quad split Piezography (actually Tyler 
Boley and I had settled on a very similar arrangement of inks and hues 
without knowing it right around then) and many hundreds of thousands of 
dollars in ink/paper/printers/coffee later I find myself in the peculiar 
position of being hired at the Piezography mothership (InkjetMall) as an R&D 
and their QC / support guy (only about 40mins from where I grew up in 
Vermont). Today was my first day.

After more than a decade of fine-art printing for artists, I'm taking a 
different tack and will have more dedicated time to re-engage my fellow 
printmakers in the trenches here and elsewhere.

So, I'm emailing to let you all know that I'm here to answer inquires and 
questions regarding >3 K systems. I understand and fully respect the 
egalitarian and product-neutral nature of this forum (I relied on that as an 
experimenter) so I'm not here as a shill or anything. (If you are a 
currently IIJM customer, there's an incredibly vibrant community over on 
that site that can peer-to-peer Piezography-specific and refillable 
cartridge-specific trouble-shooting questions.)

As I will be doing a bunch of support and QC at IJM I won't have all the 
time in the world to respond to everything on this site, but I've 
smart-mailboxed and a few specific keywords that will get my attention and 
make me reply promptly (fingers crossed it's been a while).

all the best and a happy 2016 to everyone!
Walker Blackwell




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Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as 
they are often being updated.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint

If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to 
unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same 
page.

Please follow these basic guidelines:
- As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep 
them short.
- Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames. 
Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the 
membership without notice.
- Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W 
printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from 
the membership.
- By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and 
guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner and 
Moderators. See “Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines” in the Files section:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/

BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT 
YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE “OWNER” AND 
“MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU 
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY 
DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, 
GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE  “OWNER” AND 
“MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE 
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY 
TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR 
ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY 
THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER 
MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP.

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