Dye transfer requires exposure of the matrix film. That is the light sensitive part of the reproduction. The aditional steps of inmersing in dyes and registering the 3 matrix films are just that, aditional steps. As the definition states, the reproduction requires a light sensitive step or steps in this case.
The funny thing is that while Paul can come up with obscure poster references, 99.99% of the posters made in the world are made by the litho/offset process. If you examine the poster with a magnifier you see dots. If you examine an ink jet print with a magnifier you see dots, what does that suggest? Even so, I can even go further and suggest that making posters is even more "photography" than ink jet prints. As the plates need to be exposed to create the master. With ink jets you have bypassed all of this and gone directly to spraying ink on a paper.
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