> My own tests give me doubts about pigments. I have a Septone print > (multi-tone gray scale inks) on my windowsill that began showing signs > of fading at 125 days. Right beside it is an Eboni BO print (both on > PhotoRag) that is over 150 days now with no signs of fading. Of > course that's an unfair torture test (bright daylight and a small > amount of direct sunlight every day), but it nevertheless shows a > difference in the inks. I plan to do a windowsill test on a UT7 print > when it's available. That's a bit scary -- a Septone print showing signs of fading at 125 days? (Yes, I understand that, as you said, this is not the kind of test that simulates "real world" conditions, but geez...). Could you define exactly what signs of fading you're seeing? A general fade in density of the whole image? Blacks getting weaker?
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Re: Summary of options for grayscale inks in wide-format Epsons (request)
2004-04-21 by chipcarterdc