Digital BW, The Print

O.K. folks, a little help here please.  I just set up
my Epson R1800!  I printed some Butterflies on Epson
Ultra Premium Glossy  and the results were fine. 

So I have two questions: can I print both B&W (My
heart) and color from this printer and not worry? And
what ink set from MIS would be best? 

Joe Chandler, infrequent participant 

--- Paul Roark <paul.roark@...> wrote:

> 
> >do you know if Costco's Kirkland paper has the same
> problems?
> 
> My Abbey Publications acid test pen (from (512)
> 929-3992) indicates the
> Kirkland glossy paper base is much more neutral.  It
> probably is buffered.  
> 
> Whether it has enough buffering in it for the long
> haul is harder to tell.
> The ratio of lignin to buffering is the issue.  Some
> standards call for less
> than 1% lignin and more than 2% calcium carbonate. 
> In cheap paper with lots
> of lignin, the acids they put out will eventually
> overwhelm the buffering.
> Also, lignin itself is photo sensitive, turning
> brown in the sun.  Buffered
> newsprint still turns brown. 
> 
> The Epson Premium glossy, etc. papers are well
> buffered and archival.
> 
> The new glossy papers -- Crane Silver Rag, etc. --
> appear to be well
> buffered and acid free.
> 
> As an old fan of Kodak and still faithful user of
> its discontinued Technical
> Pan film, it pains me to say this, but I no longer
> believe anything they
> say.  I tested one of their vaunted swellable
> emulsion dye papers and it was
> the worst in the test.  They consider a "year" of
> display to be half the
> amount of light Wilhelm and others use.  In general,
> my experience is that
> failing companies engage in this sort of thing in an
> effort to survive, and
> that appears to be the mode Kodak is in.
> 
> The cheapest archival papers (unless Kirkland is
> indeed archival) are the
> low-priced, highly buffered matte papers like
> Premier Art Premium Matte.
> See http://www.photowarehouse.biz/premier.html 
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com   
> 
> 
> 


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