Digital BW, The Print

Jerry Olson wrote:

> Steven, I've had MIS VM ink prints on display in my home since they came
> out. I see no fading at all under
> roomlight conditions. If you put them in sunlight, of course they will
> fade. Usually I get to about 2.5-3 months
> in a sunny window before noticeable fading occurs with VM inks and the
> Enhanced Black  hybrid from Media Street's
> Generations 4 set. If you print on 100 percent cotton paper that is acid
> free, that's about as good as you can
> expect today. So I don't really worry about fading any more.  Both the
> MIS inks and the Generations inks (Pigments)
> are excellent at this stage of the game, as good as epsons, anyway.
>
> There are a LOT of variables that could easily change these results,
> humidity, air quality, location, etc.
>
> Jerry

Jerry;

I have used the MIS VM inks and have seen VAST warming on prints that I have left out over a few months laying around my office that only receives indirect
sunlight and some indirect tugsten. I'm printing on HPR 188 and EAM. Mind you.. I print mostly with Paul's medium warm and warm curve. I am almost positive
the reason that you see less warming than other users is because you make your prints with the cooler curves and the blue toner ink warms much less over
time.


On a side note: I also have some color prints laying around the same office printed on Epson semi gloss with Epson 1160 OEM inks. Over the same time period
or more.. the prints have not shown ANY fading / color shifts. This comparison really goes against what I would have expected!

-Jeff