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Kirkland Paper Print Longevity?

2005-08-12 by Scott McLoughlin

Below, this was a post from an HP user on the LUG. Wondering about
whether this will apply to Kirkland Paper + MIS inks or the UC
inks?

Scott
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I've been printing B&W prints with Kirkland glossy paper from Costco for about six months now using a HP 7690 and their grey/black carts.  There has been a noticable fade towards yellow/green in the B&W images I have had sitting on a mantlepiece in our living room (no direct sunlight, prints unframed).  Similar prints on HP's top of the line glossy paper have had no fading at all that I can see.  As much as I hate to say it, the combination of ink and paper really does matter.  I would caution all of those expecting some sort of image stability from ink-jet prints to test carefully under display conditions (particularly with the inks being as expensive as they are).

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