Digital BW, The Print

I have been using an epson 1270 with Lyson quad black inks on 
german etching board (watercolor paper) and want to start using 
them as final prints for my portrait clients.  I've read claims that 
with these Lysonic inks and the right papers, that they will last 80 
years. I have two questions:  First, is it safe to be selling these to 
clients who up to now have been buying fiber based prints from 
me? Second, I would like to  branch into selling color prints on 
this same paper, and wondered what the best inks and printers 
are for that. I've had my eye on the new up coming Epson 2200, 
but haven't actually seen print samples.
thanks

Lynne Siler
Asheville, NC

At 07:21 PM 6/18/2002 +0000, Lynne Siler wrote:
>I have been using an epson 1270 with Lyson quad black inks on
>german etching board (watercolor paper) and want to start using
>them as final prints for my portrait clients.  I've read claims that
>with these Lysonic inks and the right papers, that they will last 80
>years. I have two questions:  First, is it safe to be selling these to
>clients who up to now have been buying fiber based prints from
>me?

If you limit your sales to people over the age of 20, they shouldn't
come back to haunt you.  ;-)



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James E. Martz
Milan, OH
jemartz@...
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You don't necessarily need to switch all of your customers at once. 
Offer both. Make the ones you'd prefer to do (I'm assuming the digital 
prints) the cheaper option. Those that still want the fiber based prints 
can still get them, you'll make a bit more for that and you'll be able 
to move toward digital prints for most of your work.

I'm using this philosophy as I'm starting up (slowly) a portrait and 
event studio. I'm providing only digital proofs in the base price and 
charging $25/roll for printed proofs. If someone complains about not 
getting prints, I just ask for the $25 per roll and cover my difference 
in expense to have them machine printed.

Just make it part of the pricing scale like lots of people already do 
with RC vs. fiber prints, warm or other extra toning, etc. Just make the 
  process you WANT to use the cheapest and arrange the other services 
accordingly.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "James E. Martz"
<jemartz@e...> wrote:
> At 07:21 PM 6/18/2002 +0000, Lynne Siler wrote:
> >I have been using an epson 1270 with Lyson quad black inks on
> >german etching board (watercolor paper) and want to start using
> >them as final prints for my portrait clients.  I've read claims that
> >with these Lysonic inks and the right papers, that they will last 80
> >years. I have two questions:  First, is it safe to be selling these to
> >clients who up to now have been buying fiber based prints from
> >me?
> 
> If you limit your sales to people over the age of 20, they shouldn't
> come back to haunt you.  ;-)
>
Actually, if you're over the age of twenty, they won't back and haunt
you. :)

> 
> 
> ****************
> James E. Martz
> Milan, OH
> jemartz@e...
> *****************

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "James E. Martz"
<jemartz@e...> wrote:
> At 07:21 PM 6/18/2002 +0000, Lynne Siler wrote:
> >I have been using an epson 1270 with Lyson quad black inks on
> >german etching board (watercolor paper) and want to start using
> >them as final prints for my portrait clients.  I've read claims that
> >with these Lysonic inks and the right papers, that they will last 80
> >years. I have two questions:  First, is it safe to be selling these to
> >clients who up to now have been buying fiber based prints from
> >me?
> 
> If you limit your sales to people over the age of 20, they shouldn't
> come back to haunt you.  ;-)
>
Actually, if you're over the age of twenty, they won't back and haunt
you. :)

> 
> 
> ****************
> James E. Martz
> Milan, OH
> jemartz@e...
> *****************