Re: New paper(atten: Jerry Olson and all)

[Michael Greer <mgreer942@yahoo.com>]

--- Ken K <ellipsis@concentric.net> wrote:
> Michael Greer wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > The point was more of a business issue. Do you
> > invest more money to deliver a higher quality product to your customer or
> not?
> 
> 
> 
> This thread is needlessly dragging on forever based on a misconception.
> 
> Has no one else noticed the *many* times that Jerry has said;
> 
>    *****************************************************
>    HE USES HIGH QUALITY PAPER FOR HIS COMMERCIAL PRINTS.
>    *****************************************************
> 
> He wants good-quality, lower-cost paper to play with for his *personal*
> prints.
> 
> Sounds reasonable to me.
> 
> His statements to that effect have been re-quoted back to him countless
> times, in messages that were obviously not read before being replied to.
> 
> Enough already. Get off the guy's back.

First of all, I'm not on his back. Second of all, there is no misconception. My
comments are based on what he writes. What he has written several times is that
WHEN he starts to sell some prints he will THEN use higher quality paper. His
statements are future tense, not present tense. I have suggested to him that
this logic might not work. Many people think they can cut corners in the
beginning of their business because they can't afford to do certain things. But
the fact is that they rarely get to a position where they can "do it right"
after they make some money because they don't make the money because of the
corner cutting. Thirdly, if I can help a guy make some money (if that's what he
wishes to do), then I'll comment when I think he's making a mistake. Jerry has
commented time and time again about the expense of papers. Many of his posts do
not distinguish between personal use and commercial use. He has gone through
all the expense and headache of purchasing archival inksets, more printers, and
image acquisition equipment. He has mentioned that people have brought back
prints to him because they've faded and that upset him. Therefore, it seems to
me that if one goes through all of these steps, and knowing that
printer/ink/paper are a system, that not using a certain paper that is
recommended to use with a certain ink *might* be a mistake. But simply
dismissing it due to cost is short sighted.


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