Digital BW, The Print

Hello All,

The Septone/PhotoRag print of the Tech Print Exchange image has been
on my south facing windowsill for 125 days now, getting some direct
sunlight every day, as well as very bright indirect daylight all day.
 Each of the five images on the print has a portion covered with a
piece of matt board taped in place.  This morning I examined them and
noticed for the first time a faint edge, showing that the ink is
finally beginning to fade.

The edge is only visible on the smooth ramp between 25% and 75%.  It
is not visible yet on the other images of photos with small mixed
tonal areas.  I will continue to monitor and report any significant
changes.

I also have on the windowsill a 2200 UltraChrome full ink grayscale
print (with PK on EAM) since 09/17/03 (105 days, no visible fading)
and a 2200 Eboni BO print (on EAM) since 11/05/03 (56 days, no visible
fading).  I will continue to monitor these and report any significant
changes.


Happy new year everyone.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayton Jones [mailto:cj@...] 

> The Septone/PhotoRag print of the Tech Print Exchange image has been
> on my south facing windowsill for 125 days now..
<snip>

But what's up with the Septone system printing and quality?  I ordered
the sample too, and it was very nice.  And there was excitement here at
first, and then reports of problems.  Where does it stand now?

Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com

Ed - You might want to check the archives for my posts regarding Septone. To sum
up... I haven't done archival testing, but have printed on a variety of papers
and found the color consistency (very little if any variation through the tonal
scale) and maxD to be excellent. The interface looks simple, but is in fact a
bit like landing a single engine Cessna on an aircraft carrier during a
hurricane. In other words, the sliders do more than their titles indicate, and
it takes some experience before you grease your landings... but it's worth the
practice time.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ed Mathews
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 8:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Septone Ink Fade Test

But what's up with the Septone system printing and quality?  I ordered
the sample too, and it was very nice.  And there was excitement here at
first, and then reports of problems.  Where does it stand now?


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Hello Ed,

>But what's up with the Septone system printing and quality?
>I ordered the sample too, and it was very nice.  And there 
>was excitement here at first, and then reports of problems.  
>Where does it stand now?

I don't know.  I'm just waiting to see, like everyone else, and
reading whatever anyone has to say about it.  So far it's been very
little, and most of that has been reports of hassles and problems of
various sorts.  No doubt the system is capable of beautiful prints,
some of the best I've seen, but while I'm interested, I'm not about to
lay out my hard earned sheckles to be a guinea pig.  I'm not in a
hurry, so I'll continue to wait.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm