Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul 
Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Did you notice that Wilhelm is now (July 25, 2003 posting) 
>saying EEM with B&W UC pigment printing is good for >150 
>years of display (with or without UV protection) and 110 years of 
>dark storage?
> 
>Recall that he'd previously said there would be yellowing in 30 
>years with EAM.
> 
>I noticed a change in EEM/EAM about the time Wilhelm made 
>the 30 year yellowing statement, and I guessed the remark had 
>caused Epson to address that disastrous statement.  Now the 
>cynic in me wonders whether the paper formula really changed 
>enough to hold off yellowing for 110 years or ...something else 
>changed.

This, of course, is the sort of thing that makes my teeth itch 
when it comes to establishing a "standard" for myself in terms of 
materials for output.

Recently I got a sample of one of Lyson's newest heavy-weight, 
acid-free "fine art" papers: prints are reasonably smooth in 
tonality, but ever-so-slightly warm under incandescent light with 
their QB Neutral inks from my 1160 (my standard arrangement); 
EAM/EEM, in my experience, is practically dead-neutral under 
most any lighting conditions with this ink, one among the paper's 
other positive visual characteristics. And, it's hard to beat the 
price, versus the more "esoteric" stuff.

- Barrett