Digital BW, The Print

No fading for at least 2 months in a south window in North Dakota!
Generations is really good on Epson Archival Matte, one of the best. (Up
here).

Jerry

allentakichi@... wrote:

> I've seen window tests that show
> Generations Enhanced to prematurely fade
> on Epson Archival Matt.  I assume it's the
> acid base so I don't even think of using it
> except for comps.
>
> On "archival image", I've never actually seen
> any kind of agreement or rating of what that
> animal might be and where the dividing line
> would lay.
>
> Allen Maertz
> lincolninks.com
>
> Message: 23
>    Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 17:35:00 -0000
>    From: mwesley250@...
> Subject: Re: Buying Archival Matt
>
> Allen,
>
> You just cut through to the quick of a long
> running discussion that
> started up on the Piezo list. Apparently many
> people, myself
> included, really like the EAM with the Piezo
> ink set. Smooth, bright
> white, stiff, nice warm/neutral tone, low
> cost.
>
> Steadman Uhlich was the first to point out
> the acid content problem.
> In addition, a connection has been made
> between EAM and a green shift
> with Piezo (not convinced about the paper
> connection myself). But the
> end result was that a great big group of
> people went out looking for
> a paper to replace EAM.
>
> Museo seems to be one of the front-runners
> but the new Hahnemule
> paper sounds like a real winner for EAM
> users.
>
> Also thanks for pointing out the difference
> between an archival paper
> and an archival image. They are tossed about
> freely and while they
> are interconnected over the long haul, they
> are not the same thing.
>
> Martin
>
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