Digital BW, The Print

"...basically the same dye-based inks .."  is not the same as identical.  Anyway, if you don't trust the opinions of people that work hard on this issue, you might consider just staying with the wet darkroom, if that's what you're comfortable with.
 
Tom Baker

Peter Nelson <pnweb@...> wrote:
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andre" 
wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Nelson" 
> 
wrote:
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Aj" 
> > > The images look pretty good, although ive learned that 
> > > the ink on the 1280s is very unstable so I hope they 
> > > look as good in a couple of days. 
> > 
> > Two years ago a friend made some beautiful neutral BW prints for 
me 
> > on his 1280 using Epson's heavy Professional Matte paper as part 
of 
> > some experiments he was doing with new profiler he had bought. I 
> > kept them in a drawer. Today they are a nice rich shade of 
> > green. 
> 
> This fact has been known for several years. If you want permanence, 
> stay away from dye inksets.

No kidding but then how does that explain why the prints made on my 
870, which uses basically the same dye-based inks as the 1280, and 
which have been sitting out under fluorescents for the same amount of 
time look unchanged? And besides, even dye-based prints should 
last for more than 2 years, especially in a drawer.

My point is that there must be other factors that we just don't 
understand that are affecting print longevity. And until we DO 
understand those factors trying to predict what's going to last 35 
years, or 50 years or 100 years is pure hubris.







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