Digital BW, The Print

Hello Djon,

>Clayton, what's your altitude?

I live in West Palm Beach, FLorida, at sea level.

>If anywhere near sea level, and especially if you have lots of cloud
>cover, rain, overcast days, your test may not be as tough as display
>on a typical modern office wall...depending on the UV output of the
>office's fluorescent lighting.

Understood.  It's very sunny here much of the time, but it really
doesn't matter.  Whatever it is, it is.  My test is only a means to
compare one ink to another.  As long as they get the same treatment it
can tell us that A outlasts B.  That's about all it's good for. 
Everyone will have to draw their own conclusions.

For example, a grayscale print made in September '03 with the original
UC inks in my then new 2200 is now, at 20 months, beginning to show
signs of fading.  An Eboni BO print shows no fading at 18 months.  So
what does that mean?  Probably different things to different people.
I'm just reporting the facts in case anyone is interested.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm