Digital BW, The Print

Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@...> wrote:
>...
> The original Epson Archival pigment ...
> probably the most fade resistant ...

The 7500, 2000p, etc. pigments had the reputation as being the best.  However, I was surprised  in my testing that the Epson Archival MK appeared to be a hybrid carbon + dye ink, similar to the first generation MKs we had available to us.  

The Wilhelm type tests of the time were, apparently, not picking up this performance due to their limited sampling and/or methods of rating an inkset.  In my testing I saw the dye (old  style) fade very quickly.  When it was all burned up, the residual carbon part of the MK was rock solid. This, also, appeared to not trigger the  standards on  which the advertised claims were based.


> inks of the 2100-2200 

When they went to the PK or MK choice, they dropped the hybrid approach.  So, these more modern, second generation PK and MK are far better than the old "Archival" inkset hybrid K.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com