Digital BW, The Print

I suspect the Kirkland glossy paper isn't a swellable polymer type, so will
fade with dye based inks.

The 59 grey cartridge inks are dye, so need a swellable polymer paper for
the claimed archival properties of the HP printer. I have framed prints at
home, and 4 that have been part of a monochrome group exhibition that has
been moving from library to library over the last year, all with no fading.
They were printed on HP's recommended premium plus paper and Ilford Galerie
Classic Pearl.

As the MIS inks and Epson UC are pigment based, not dye, I wouldn't expect
the fast fading quoted. How long it will last though, I've no idea.

Steve Bell


On 12/8/05 10:51 pm, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@...> wrote:

> 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
> ------
> 
> 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).