Digital BW, The Print

From: "Mark Tucker" <mtucker508@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:43 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Dig prints that look like darkroom prints?


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "pleistocenehome"
> <tandrews@b...> wrote:
> At this time I am interested in printing on
> > semi-gloss or gloss papers to get a look that is as close to the
> > finest B&W prints I have seen in the past.
>
> Tom,
>
> With all due respect, you're going down a dangerous road, trying
> to make an apple an orange. You might get close on some of the
> images, but I also think it's important to respect that an apple is
> an apple, and an orange is an orange.
>
> They're two different animals, and to try to merge them into one
> is only a road to disappointment. (And to me, the disappointment
> is that a silver print will *never* be an inkjet print! How about
> *that* for a little jab?)
>
Tom,

I would second Mark on this. Inkjet B&W prints have a beauty of their own
and trying to make them be silver prints is a futile and frustrating effort.

Martin Wesley