Digital BW, The Print

OK, in the same vein as "hand pulled gravure prints" why not have "hand pulled digital prints?"

Those thicker papers sometimes need a little hand pulling and pushing just to get them to feed. (grin)

Steadman


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Steadman Uhlich" 
<steadmanuhlich@k...> wrote:
> OK, in the same vein as "hand pulled gravure prints" why not 
have "hand pulled digital prints?"

Steadman,

I know you're kidding, but honestly, I *do* feel differently when I'm 
printing on single sheets than when I'm using roll paper. I like 
the whole process of walking over there and separating the 
interleaving sheets from the printing paper each time, and then 
force-feeding into the 7000.

When I use rolls, it feels like I'm "a company". Or a service 
bureau. It's a different feeling. I kinda feel like I'm cheating when i 
use roll paper.

It seems almost silly to mention it, but when I saw that ad in 
Lenswork about "Hand pulled Gravures" I thought the same 
thing -- I thought, "Well, hell, I hand-pull my inkjet prints just like 
this guy does. But the word for my process just isn't as 
romantic-sounding as his".

And even sillier to mention is the sheer fact that in the art/gallery 
world, some of these linguistic things probably have an actual 
impact. And so, to me, the sooner that we all can alter this 
connotation about inkjet, the better off we'll all be.