Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

You wrote:

>Paul, are you saying the generations Enhanced black ink is fading to brown?
>I have never experienced this at all. I've never seen any fading from
>any of the generations inks when displayed in normal room lighting,
>and I've been using them since they came out.

I think most people with normal viewing situations do not notice quick color
changes or fading.  However, consistent with the test I just did, note this
abridged comment on the 9000 list:
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Message 16717
>... Fri Mar 22, 2002  9:15 pm
>Subject:  Quick fading of Gen4 Inks


>...
>I printed some Christmas cards for my family, just fun stuff, onto
>Epson Archival Matte and they have faded badly already.
>That's 4 months.

>The black has gone muddy and the print looks a lot like when the
>black nozzles are not firing and the dark areas are a dark
>red/brown colour.

>The other colours seem OK, ...

>Now, these prints were never framed and have suffered through a hot
>Australian summer with high humidity although they have never had
>sunlight on them. I have other prints on German Etching that look
>good after up to a year, unframed, but these ones on Epson Archival
>Matte now look awful.

>...
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So, I don't know if it related to anything I saw on the last test or not.
However, this thread may be worth keeping an eye on if you are using Gen
Enhanced K, perhaps especially with EAM.

Paul