Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: It's so easy..
From: Tim Atherton <timatherton@theedge.ca>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:02:11 -0700

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of sam
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:29 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: It's so easy..
>
>
> Looking through the latest Calumet catalog, I noticed that "baryta" ink
> jet paper is selling for only a few dollars less then conventional
> baryta-coated photosensitive papers. Talk about marking hype! Take the
> same paper, leave off the photosensitive material and the manufacturing
> costs involved with sensitizing the paper, and sell it for about the
> same price. Duh!

Good inkjet papers require their own quite sophisticated coatings - and a
poorly coated inkjet paper is just as bad as poorly coated darkroom paper

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