Digital BW, The Print

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> From: Paul [mailto:psmurnan@...] 
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> This 
> internet supplier is promising a Hp 59 replacement cartridge soon...  
> http://inkjetsaver.com/

Paul,
     I would be very, very skeptical of any aftermarket ink for the HP
printers that use the Photo Gray cartridge.  HP has very carefully
matched the paper to the ink in this series, and this is to date the
most specific and critical paper/ink match ever made.  In a recent
interview in Shutterbug with Henry Wilhelm, he mentions that and states
that the combination of the new HP inks and HPPP paper yields a 73 year
fade resistance when the same ink on another paper only rated 2 years.
That's how specific the ink/paper match is.  You can read the interview
here:

http://www.shutterbug.net/features/1103sb_thearchival/

     Remember, these are dyes, not pigments.  To get a decent archival
rating from dyes is an engineering feat that involves the ink and the
paper.
     Of course, if print longevity isn't important to you, then go for
it.

Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com