Digital BW, The Print

Ricardo-

Thanks for the paper database <g>... You may wind up with a permanent 
job in this forum <vbg>

The one you missed that I like a lot is Museo...you might try it.

In reference to your clogging. I ran VM carts in my 1270 for almost a 
month without any clog whatsoever. Do you religiously turn the 
printer off when not actually using it (do you turn it off with the 
button on the printer only?). I was turning mine off at a switch box 
and when I'd turn it on again, would get a combination of clogs and 
drips (really)...emailed Epson tech support and they sent me a memo 
on the importance of turning it off and on correctly (sounded bogus 
to me) which worked immediately and perfectly.

Tom O'Connell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Ricardo,
> 
> Thanks for the review of the papers.
> 
> With respect to LPM, the one thing that I've noticed in my fade 
testing is
> that it yellows more than most -- almost twice as much as Epson 
Archival
> Matte.
> 
> The yellowing is generally believed to be the brighteners burning 
out with
> the UV light exposure.  Many believe that brighteners reduce the 
archival
> characteristics of the paper and negatively affect the image 
permanence.
> 
> In my fade testing I'm not sure I see any correlation between the
> brighteners and fading, but I can't test paper archival keeping.  
(And, I
> don't put much faith in the pH pens.)
> 
> In my fluorescent light fade tests -- hardly exhaustive or 
particularly
> sophisticated -- LPM did reasonably well, but not quite as good as 
EAM,
> especially in the dark tones.
> 
> Eclipse is a paper I'm now leaning toward for long-term keeping
> characteristics.  Of the limited sample of papers I've tested 
(those that
> have been highlighted as favorites on this list), it's the only one 
that,
> overall, did a little better than EAM.  It has brighteners, but not 
as much
> as EAM.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
> 
> 
> ___________________
> 
>  ricardo wrote:
> 
> The literature from Legion says:
> 
> Legion Photo Matte
> 100% alpha cellulose (sulphite paper)
> pH: Neutral / Archival
> Brightness: >90
> 
> i couldn't find any data on the longevity of pigmented dye inks on 
this
> paper though
> 
> same for PE-T .. its pH neutral / Archival ... dont know how that 
translates
> to longevity with MIS inks though..