Digital BW, The Print

This caught my eye.

The June 2002 issue of B&W Magazine has some interesting articles -- and
advertisements.  (Even though that publication that doesn't like us, I have
not cancelled my subscription.)

B&W Mag is starting a series on the "ABC of Collecting."  This should be
educational (or self-promoting).

Even more interesting, however, was an advertisement in the middle of the
first of these "collecting" articles.  The "Ataraxia Studio" claims to be
using the most stable color process there is -- using pigments.  (OK --
this might not be too far off.)  The ad then implies that it's color
pigments have a "500 year" life.

Hmm.

The good news is that it does accomplish some education of the B&W Mag
readership -- whoever they are.  And, of course, I wish the advertiser the
best of luck in substantiating the "500 year" claim.  That would be great.

I fear that there may be bad news for all of us, however, if claims like
this are shown to be false.  It could undercut the real progress that is
being made.

The advertiser has a website at:

http://www.atxstudio.com/index1.htm



"If it's too to be true, it probably isn't."

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

Hi Paul,

Although it's not BW (!) - i thought there was an 'x00 year' pigment
process. But, it wasn't inkjet, it was traditional photographic mixed with
gelatin sheets and sheets of solid pigment and uv lighting and...

You can see I got a firm grasp of the process.   ;)

Believe that there was the 'tricolor carbro' (????) process... and I think
that the 'UltraStable Canvas' chap (can't remember his name offhand - which
is most rude as I met up with him in London) also developed something
similar.

I think the carbro process was extremely toxic tho' (and expensive), hence
it is essentially not used for decades. I'll get off my soapbox of ignorance
though.

So if it's not inkjet. Maybe it's "true"?

Nij

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...]
> Sent: 25 April 2002 20:40
> To: DigitalB&WPrint
> Subject: [Digital BW] "500 year" Color Pigments -- B&W Mag
>
>
> This caught my eye.
>
> The June 2002 issue of B&W Magazine has some interesting articles -- and
> advertisements.  (Even though that publication that doesn't like
> us, I have
> not cancelled my subscription.)
>
> B&W Mag is starting a series on the "ABC of Collecting."  This should be
> educational (or self-promoting).
>
> Even more interesting, however, was an advertisement in the middle of the
> first of these "collecting" articles.  The "Ataraxia Studio" claims to be
> using the most stable color process there is -- using pigments.  (OK --
> this might not be too far off.)  The ad then implies that it's color
> pigments have a "500 year" life.
>
> Hmm.
>
> The good news is that it does accomplish some education of the B&W Mag
> readership -- whoever they are.  And, of course, I wish the advertiser the
> best of luck in substantiating the "500 year" claim.  That would be great.
>
> I fear that there may be bad news for all of us, however, if claims like
> this are shown to be false.  It could undercut the real progress that is
> being made.
>
> The advertiser has a website at:
>
> http://www.atxstudio.com/index1.htm
>
>
>
> "If it's too to be true, it probably isn't."
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com