Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] Eggleston
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:08:06 -0500
References: <CAOfQYBtd8xXmG0d9AvSdK9zBSd9o-ArnEaBsha=VgC4CJqRFXA@mail.gmail.com>

Whenever I hear "pigment", I think inkjet with fancy titles.  But here 
are some more guesses:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/02/eggleston-at-christies.html

Ken

On 4/8/2012 1:29 PM, Phil Swango wrote:
> Lew Schwartz wrote:
>> Any idea what "utilized a new color printing process allowing for
>> high-quality reproductions" refers to?
> Not exactly but I've seen it referred to as pigment prints using digital
> technology.  The prints are really large -- I read they were 40x60 inches.
>   The original editions were done with the now obsolete dye transfer
> process, which was used mostly for commercial printing in the past.  I'm
> not sure how the new prints could have a richer gamut than the old ones,
> considering the superb reputation of dye transfer.  More here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-transfer_process
>
>
>



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