Digital BW, The Print

Yes, and that the guy down the street is able to make injet prints too.  It's 
a technology that is available to the masses and, thereby, loses its 
mystique.  

Helene


> I'd say two issues, that people have seen their dotty inkjet prints fade in 
> a couple of years, and 
> that there is a perception that the mechanized process allows one to run 
> out tens of thousands of 
> prints like an offset press. It doesn't matter that they can't see rosettes 
> of offset screens, the 
> opinion is formed before they look at the image itself.
> 




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Helene,

You are absolutely right but this is the same exact battle 
photography has been up against since Kodak released the first 
Brownie. The situation really isn't any different.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., grdglass@a... wrote:
> Yes, and that the guy down the street is able to make injet prints 
too.  It's 
> a technology that is available to the masses and, thereby, loses 
its 
> mystique.  
> 
> Helene
> 
> 
> > I'd say two issues, that people have seen their dotty inkjet 
prints fade in 
> > a couple of years, and 
> > that there is a perception that the mechanized process allows one 
to run 
> > out tens of thousands of 
> > prints like an offset press. It doesn't matter that they can't 
see rosettes 

> > of offset screens, the 
> > opinion is formed before they look at the image itself.
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

George,

Great story! That's a keeper and I shall quote it if I may in appropriate 
circumstances (g)

Cheers,

Nina

>A woman is at a dinner party and the host, upon hearing that her guest was a 
>photographer, asked if she had any pictures with her. The photographer did, 
>so she showed them to her host, who upon seeing them exclaimed how beautiful 
>they were, and that she must have a really great camera. The photographer 
>just smiled and said nothing. At the end of the evening, as the guests were 
>preparing to leave, the photographer thanked the host, mentioned that the 
>dinner was simply marvelous, and that the host must have a really great set 
>of pots and pans.