Digital BW, The Print

Martin: If I may, what is your usual guarantee regarding the 
replacement of an inkjet print?
		Thank you, Jim

On Sunday, September 22, 2002, at 07:53 PM, Martin Wesley wrote:

> ----- 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
>
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