Digital BW, The Print

Yes, I don't really think true archival inkjet printing is ready for
prime time yet. :(

I think I've heard stories like this about all the current archival inks
in use today.

Somebody has reported fading and/or color change using all of the inks
we discuss all the time. The original Piezos had clogs, greenies.
fading, software bugs, etc. The Color piezo inks had severe yellow
clogging. The yellow ink has always been problematic. The 2000P inks
faded in 6 months in a west window.  And what is bad in one part of the
countryis good in another.  So far, it would appear that the Generations
4 inkset seems to have the least amount of problems. 

Thoughts?  

Jerry

> - If the above is a paper-wide symptom, InkjetMall needs to recall the black PT
> ink (which is common to all sets) and refund or replace with a known stable
> ink such as MIS.
> 
> - Since InkjetMall no longer supports their inks with profiles and software, we
> need to alert Colorbyte and R9 to the need for strange new combinations of
> inks such as PT grays with MIS FS black or MIS DD. I realize this is already
> an old idea on this list, but I thought it applied to cases that need "extreme"
> archival stability. I didn't think the Piezotones wouldn't even last 2 months!!
> And to think they were originally hyped up as pure pigment!
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Antonis
>