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Re: Epson Enhanced Matte & Turning Yellow?

2006-08-15 by dlruckus

That is also my experience. It occured in only 3-4 days on EEM that
had been partly covered by other paper. You could see a distinct edge
between where it was covered and where it was not.

Regards
Duane




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "robert49brake"
<robert49brake@...> wrote:
>
> I was working on setting up a color printer last week using EEM and
I was struck by the 
> visible yellowing in EEM in five days time.  I left a print out on a
desk where the only light is 
> from north facing windows.  I was printing the same image with some
modifications on a 
> fresh sheet of EEM from dark storage and before I could even look at
the image I was struck 
> by the difference in paper color in just those few days.  It was
dramatic enough that I had to 
> check that it was EEM on the first print (I'd been marking them as I
had a number of papers 
> out) and that I'd printed on the right side.  The yellowing showed
up most dramatically in the 
> evenings when the only light source was 5000k flourescent bulbs. 
With the 2400 and K3 inks 
> it would be a question of how much of your white is dependent on
paper white showing 
> through.
>

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