Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Chandler 
<over40_98@...> wrote:
>
Try the NK7 inks from Cone, they work fantastic.

> 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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