This is a very timely article. I have a large printer. I use it occasionally, preferring to have my images printed on Lightjet. However, this is a great little piece on the growing quality of ink jet. As it is said, read the whole thing.
But time passed. (1) Pigment inks replaced dye; the images lasted longer and maintained their characteristics on a far greater variety of papers. (2) Top-flight print houses like Nash Editions ended up using the same printers as the rest of us. (They're better than us because of the experience and skill, not the cost of their printers.) (3) And, hopefully, no one chokes on the word "inkjet."
Fahey-Klein, one of the best photo galleries in Los Angeles, started exhibiting serious photography when most photo galleries in the area were still showing pictures of movie stars. They have done three shows that I have seen that featured inkjet prints. An exhibition of new work by Jim Nachtwey was printed by Jim. I don't mean that Jim stood around at a lab trading thoughts with a printer. He set up an Epson printer in his space in New York and he and his assistant printed the show.
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