Digital BW, The Print

I'm not sure how to post this antonis. I'm not even sure I'm on the
group. I've never seen such a runaround. Why should you have to do more
than click Join, and thats it?

They ask you for stuff I don't even know what they're talking about.

 
> Jerry,
> 
> perhaps you could post this on the new archival color list at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/archivalcolor
> 
> If anything, it would be more even more relevant there than this bw list.
> 
> Antonis
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > JF-
> >
> > When I first got my 1280, it came with epson's newly formulated ink
> > (dye). I used the ink to make many colorful art prints, and a few test
> > prints that I put in a South Window that gets sunlight all day. After a
> > month, there was no noticeable fading at all compared to a dark storage
> > print of the same image. The image was full of brilliantly colored
> > objects on a blue and cyan background... Absolutely no difference in the
> > two prints.  We have never had any orange shift problems in North Dakota
> > that I'm aware of. I would think that under glass in a low light
> > environment the colors wouldn't fade for many years. I've tried the same
> > print with Generations and MIS inks for 3 months in a sunny south
> > window, with no fading. The Epson Archival Matte paper on which these
> > prints were made did turn a slightly buff color in the areas that had no
> > image on them, but the colors themselves didn't change.
> >
> > This is an extreme test, as nobody is going to display any work of art
> > in bright sunlight, I hope!
> >
> > If a print can withstand 3 months in the sun with little or no fading,
> > That inkset is good enough for me. It's probably as good as we're going
> > to get now. I'm sure it will get better in the future.
> >
> > I'm about to order a set of Generations 5 inks and a new 1280 printer,
> > and I don't think I'll even be concerned about print longevity again.
> > I've gone though as many tests as I plan on going through, and now I'm
> > just going to print.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > . After printing several
> > > beautiful 8x10s from an Epson 880, with the original Epson cartridge,
> > > in color, and leaving them out on a lawn chair in the sun for 10
> > > days, day and night, I see zero fading or degradation of any kind.
> > > None. 'Even one unexpected rainstorm failed to deteriorate the prints.
> >
> > > Have I missed a point regarding potential fading here ?
> >
> > No the new epson inks are much better than the previous ones. You should
> > see what prints from the first epsons look like. Totally worthless, even
> > those in dark storage!
> >
> > I really do doubt that any dye inks are going to last anywhere near as
> > long as the Generations 5 inks or the MIS archival pigment inks though.
> 
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