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Re: SPE and alt update



Oh Mark, don't trust me to be the arbiter of good taste! But, yes,
that sounds fine to me.

Jack



On 4/3/08, Mark Nelson <ender100@aol.com> wrote:
> Jack, I have been calling one copper plate photogravure and the other
> polymer plate photogravure. If this is not correct, I would be happy to hear
> what terms should be used.
>
>  Mark Nelson
>  www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
>  PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups
>  www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
>  From my iPhone
>
>
>  On Apr 3, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Jack Brubaker <jack@jackbrubaker.com> wrote:
>
>
> >  What's wrong
> >
> > > with calling them "photo gravures"?
> > >
> >
> > The craft of making copper photo gravure plates is more complex and
> > offers many more ways of manipulating the image. It is an
> > accomplishment to make a good copper image. Anyone who has mastered
> > the copper process would want to keep the historical term "photo
> > gravure" for their work and not see a new process that relies on a
> > manufactured plate that streamlines the process claim the same name.
> >
> > Jack
> >
>