Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Mertlich"
<b_mertlich@...> wrote:
>
> I've been using OCP now for over a year on the epson 4800 and just
recently the 4880. I 
> couldn't be happier with the results. The basic hue's are different
than the epson claria  
> inks but they profile beautifully. As for fade the ocp dye inks hold
up well. I work in an 
> industry that gives me access to fade testing equipment and on my
latest inks (all dye) I 
> have tested them and claria inks side by side using a xeon lamp for
8,16,24,48,96 hrs 
> (step gauge) and it compares well with claria ink. So far my black
and whites are fairing 
> well with no noticeable color shifts from my displayed and control
prints. Just my two 
> cents and no I didn't get free ink from them for my testing.
> Happy Printing
> Bob
> 


What are you doing for the light and light light black inks? I didn't
see those listed in the "new" dye inks.

OCP is still crying that they can't send me anything except 500ml
each, and those would be more than $200 from Germany. So apparently
contacting their USA rep doesn't do any good since they really don't
want to do much in the USA.

And next time you are going to fire up a fade test on other materials,
might be nice if you would toss in a Blue Wool card from
http://www.conservationresources.com/Main/section_20/section20_20.htm
and make a note of how many hours it takes to fade each patch. I've
found numbers for a Q-Sun machine here, would be good to know how your
machine compares
http://www.ipa.org/files/08-IPA-Digital-Print-Forum-Addendum-1_2.pdf

If you had the room to put that card in so your employer doesn't have
the cost of a special test, the lamps can't be cheap and neither is
the electricity to run it.