Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Smith" <lsmith@...>
To: "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint yahoogroups.com"
<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] EAM+Piezotones: Printer beware!


> On 9/22/02 11:18 AM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:
>
> > Holy Cow, you'd think Cone would have gotten his inks right by now. How
> > many times has he had faulty inks? 5? 6?  Wonder if he does any real
> > world tests.
> >
> > Sheesh!
> >
> > Jerry
>
>
>
> And we all wonder why the gallery owners have not been quick to accept our
> inkjet prints.   I know I can't afford to take these kind of risks with my
> clients.  How many times can we tell them that these are 'archival' when
in
> fact they fade faster than my 501 levi's?

>
 Lawrence,

The original Piezo/Sundance inks had problems with clogging, "green shift"
and a hue that some people did not like. While we know that the ink warm
shifts, at this point in time there have been no reports of abrupt
catastrophic fading. There are many fine examples of prints made with those
inks that are doing just fine. The print you submitted to Shilesh's 13x19
exchange last year looks just like new.

In addition keep in mind that the PiezoTone grays appear to be significantly
more fade resistant. Archival B&W printing is still bleeding edge stuff but
things are getting better. It is just a case of two steps forward, one step
back at the moment. Give it a few years. Inkjet has already surpassed silver
based color prints for fade resistance and they may wind up surpassing
silver B&W as the technology advances.

I for one would not have a problem selling carbon pigment inkjet prints and
labeling them as such with my usual replacement guarantee.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html