Digital BW, The Print

Hello Kevin,

>and maybe I'm not reading it correctly, is "EEM w/ K3 inks 
>using "Advanced B&W mode" for "Album/Dark Storage" which 
>includes "Paper Yellowing" rated at 110 years.
>Is this not a rating of the K3 ink used in combination w/ EEM paper?
>Is ozone really going to effect my paper in a dark storage album?

You are asking questions for which most of us I think do not have
answers.  Would be best to ask Wilhelm, since he wrote the report. 
The experience of most long time forum people (gathered from comments
here over several years) is that EEM turns yellow in a relatively
short time (a few months).  Perhaps in dark storage it delays
yellowing, but can you guarantee that nobody will open your photos and
expose them to light or atmosphere?  Epson used to call it "Archival
Matte" and got so much grief for it they finally changed it to
"Enhanced Matte".  No serious printer in his/her right mind considers
it an archival paper.  It's great proof paper and is widely used for that.

If you want to make final prints on it then go ahead and do it.  But
it goes against the experience and advice of many long time
practitioners.  A VFA box says "Acid Free" on the cover.  The EEM box
does not.  Someone here, Paul I think, was able to measure it's acid
content if I remember correctly.  My own experience is that it turns a
dingy pale yellow relatively quickly and then slowly continues
yellowing.  I have an EEM print on my windowsill almost 3 years now
that looks a bit yellower than another that's been hanging in my work
room for around two years, and both of them are much yellower than a
fresh sheet.  If you don't mind it changing rapidly and continually
and don't mind the dingy color then go ahead and use it.

The best route would be to conduct your own tests.  Make a print on it
and let it sit around for a few months.  Every week compare it to a
fresh piece and see what happens.  Then you can form your own opinions
of it and act accordingly.

Regards,
Clayton


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