Not to start a darkroom-vs-digital war, but I am wondering how many
of the people that currently buy expensive inkjet prints in
galleries (oh sorry, it's giclee prints ;-) ), will have a rude
awakening in about 10 years, when their inkjet has faded badly...
Silver rules! ;-D
Mike
Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Neil,
> Your comments on inkjet B&W printing rings a bell for me. I have
felt that
> inkjet printing makes fine posters, but that the posters lack the
glow of the
> traditional darkroom silver print. I don't know the lightjet
process, but what
> you makes sense because the paper (silver embedded?) remains the
same as that
> used in the darkroom.
>
> You seem to confirm my feeling that Photoshop offers a lot of
control. It
> makes some tweaking easier. The printer is the problem.
>
> Doug
>
>
Print on fine art paper 100% rag and you'll get better blacks with
an inkjet
from a better Epson than you ever did in the darkroom.
Behind glass there is NO way of telling a darkroom print from an
inkjet
Usually the only way you know is the size.
If its a 16x20 it will probably be a darkroom.
If its an 11x17 or an A3 which is 11.69 X 16.54 inches than its an
inkjet.
In a cut mat it becomes very hard to tell.
And the glass makes it hard to use a loupe as it creates a space.
I have a portfolio box of 11x14's both inkjet and Darkroom and the
only way
you can tell is the paper surface. The inkjets are matt, darkrooms
semi
gloss. If you don't see a reflection you could think its an inkjet
and it
would be a darkroom.
I showed my prints to a bunch of people in Vancouver BC a friend
emailed
later telling me he was glad he didn't get an inkjet as darkroom
appeared
superior as my darkroom prints he just saw of mine indicated.
I corrected him on the fact that they were in fact inkjets.
Now he's printing with an Epson 3800.
Which now is the printer which most likely made a print you'd see on a
current gallery especially if it was color. And not over sized it
goes to
17x22.
Having printed for 30 years in the darkroom I'm a "master printer"
and know
well what a darkroom print can look like and how to achieve it.
I've used Amidol. I've gold toned.
It doesn't have much if anything over inkjet.
B&W Inkjets in fact look like a cross between a Platinum print and a
silver
darkroom print. The only way they don't excel is when you have a
loupe on
it. I used to have a linen tester on my keychain. Now I don't.
Mark William Rabiner
markrabiner.com
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