Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

Completely forgot about this one:

http://www.brightcube.com/products/paper/details/gel.php

Gelatin art might be worth a look...it is a rag 300gm paper made for dyes.
I believe that John Nollendorfs suggested that he got good results with his
dyes...but I doubt it will make it 25 years...nonetheless the prints will
look fantastic.  It used to be called Xtreme Gamut Gelatin.  I have some and
will fire it up with 1280 dyes when I get a chance.  It has pretty heavy
texture, though.

Robert

PS This is rather off topic for the BW list...you might want to ask this
question on the archival color list...just be aware that there are many
people on that list who do not view the 1280 inks in any way archival.
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Robert Morrison
rmorrison@...

310-397-2704

4131 Bledsoe Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90066



On 7/14/02 2:21 PM, "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...> wrote:

> On 7/13/02 2:40 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:
> 
>> What do you think of the Photo rag for epson 1280 color inks?  I'm
>> looking for a really nice paper that will last at least as long as the
>> 26 years claimed by epson for their 1280 color inkset. I have run fade
>> tests with this ink, south window, etc, and it doesn't fade at all to
>> the eye, even after 2 months in the sun. So it should really be good for
>> 26 years under glass, I would think. Anyway, at the low prices I sell
>> for, I'm not going to worry about it, as I don't sell a lot of color.
>> The Recommended Epson heavyweight matte is not nearly heavy enough for me.
> 
> To the best of my knowledge no other matte paper has lasted 25 Wihelm years
> with the 1270/1280 inks...Heavyweight Matte is your only option for a
> "certified" longevity in this range.  I would just print some color targets
> on a couple of different papers and put them in window with a heavy weight
> matte print.  I think that Archival Matte gets 10 years with the dyes...so
> you could use that as another calibration point for your fade test.
> 
> Robert
> 
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