robert_k1 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I find the definition of a c-print at wikipedia rather confusing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-print What was the historical origin of c-prints? What makes them "special"? In galleries I found the term being applied to just about anything. In practice today, what should be correctly qualified as c-prints, and what should not be? For examples, should digital prints from film scans be included or excluded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowland_mowrey Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 This has been fully discussed on multiple threads here and on APUG. I have posted a complete history of Kodak color paper there. Type "C" color prints is/was a trademark of Eastman Kodak for its color paper intended to make prints from color negatives. No other material may properly have this name. Ron Mowrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanphysics Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 It's just a normal color print. They aren't in any way special. If you go to Walmart for prints what you get is a c-print. Technically I guess it's Kodak's trademark for their paper, but it's sort of like Kleenex. A better generic name would be dye coupler print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervyn_yan Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 color prints of any sizes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanphysics Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 It's not JUST color prints. An inkjet print is not a c-print. A r-type print from a slide is not a c-print. None of the Ilfochrome processes are c-prints, nor are dye transfers, pigment transfers, polaroids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_pearce1 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Chromogenic. Wet process paper that produces prints from negatives. Bill Pearce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliot_n Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 'from negatives...' or from digital files (Frontier, Lightjet, Lambda etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert himmelright Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 a color coupler print made on a color negative paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_k1 Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 Thanks for the responses. It sounds like the term started out with a rather narrow and strict definition, but is now used more liberally to mean a color print from whatever. I think some galleries use it to "disguise" a digital print. Regardless, the important part is to realize that it really means nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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