Digital BW, The Print

FWIW, I have had a bare print taped to a south facing window in NJ for 30
days now.  I just pulled it off, and it looks identical to the control
print, to my eye.

A “gray” patch.
L  a  b
45.4  0.9  -2.5 Control
45.1  1.9  -1.6 Exposed
Delta E 2000 = 1.7

A “magenta” patch.
L  a  b
45.9 72.1  -2.9 Control
46.1  71.5  -2.7 Exposed
Delta E 2000 = 0.3

A “yellow” patch.
L  a  b
84.9  7.7 113.4 Control
85.2  6.9  112.5 Exposed
Delta E 2000 = 0.5

I returned the 260 printer, so any more testing is over for me.  The reason
for the quotes on the colors is they are not pure; I printed a test image
through a profile.

Best regards,
John Moody

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Subject: [Digital BW] OT: Epson Claria dye ink fade test results

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If anyone has one of these new printers, and lives in the south where
the sun still shines so that you can do a south window test, I would be
willing to make the measurements. The heavy weight matte paper results
are a little unbelievable at 97 Wilhelm years. Remember that Claria
inks are dye based! I'll trade custom color ICC profiles for your
efforts. Since I don't own either of these printers, and I live in the
now darkend north, there is little point to me attempting the testing
on my own. It would best best to use an R380, since they did not test
matte paper with the Picturemate.



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