WITH THE EPSON PRINTER. IT IS FASTER,

Marc Bruhat (sillage@magic.fr)
Thu, 29 May 1997 11:25:01 +0200

In the last May issue of " Le photographe",french technical magazine, in an
article about the Epson Stylus Color, Xavier de la Tullaye writes and ends
his article in the following manner :
" ... deeper blacks on a variety of paper supports.
With all the papers available, choice of interpretation is limitless.
That shows even more with the latest model that goes up to 720 dpi on
regular paper.
We have made numerous paper tests with great succes.
Photographers who are always seeking new ways of presenting their images
will happily be able to experiment to their heart's content.
WITH THE EPSON PRINTER. IT IS FASTER, NOT AS DIRTY AND CHEAPER THAN THE
MAJORITY OF ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES.

Marc Bruhat answers :

I hope that every members of "Helios" and "Apa" associations should jump on
this very one paragraph in order to claim a legitimate right of answer.
As for me, I write :
Sir,
I make, edit sell and teach alternative processes.
I also help many people eager to progress.
The way you make your conclusion is totally gratuitous.
Alternative processes are very labour intensive and require days, even
years of efforts to master them.
Practitioners have various knowledge of chemistry and densitometry.
We are far from the immature and sterile fascination of a technical gadget.
Only manufacturers and the media will benefit from these machines knowing
that you cannot sell a product that so far cannot not produce
lightfastness quality.
At first sight they seem wonderful little machines and manufacturers are
anxious to open new markets for them.
Practitioners of alternative processes are as much passionate about image
experiments as for image reflexions.
They like to take their time developing creative concepts as much as
dirtying their hands!
There exist numerous internet sites and a least one forum list on the
subject."

Your hastily conclusion demands answering!
at:
Le photographe
chief: bernard perrine
writer: xavier de la tullaye
150 rue gallieni
F-92100 boulogne

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marc

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