Digital BW, The Print

At 11:23 AM 10/18/02 -0400, you wrote:

>That's most interesting, as I have prints that are VERY faded...in fact,
>every one that has been in the sun for more than a couple of weeks, has
>severe fading.  Ones that haven't been in the direct sun, are "fine".

That's one of the points people are trying to make.  Who is going to 
display artwork in the direct sun and expect it not to fade!  I'm amazed 
that the ones I have in the window have only slightly warmed.  It's much 
better than I expected.


>A LOT of this obviously is situation dependant, whether it's humidity,
>temperature or what, I simply don't know...but obviously the results of
>people vary quite a bit.

I think the high humidity in the South is very beneficial to the Epson 
3000's, don't know how it affects the inks.


>I know I've received prints from people who claim to have no banding, but I
>see banding in the prints...so this is also a "human calibration" issue as
>well ;-)

Will you be at PhotoExpo?  I'll bring some prints  ;-)

Tina


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