Digital BW, The Print

At 01:03 AM 1/9/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Jerry , you thinkt hat the MIS dyes will last 4 times longer than the oem 
>carts for the 1280.
>Am I understanding that this would be in the 40 to 60 year range??
>Is this possible for a dye set?
>Thanks.
>David

The times quoted by Epson don't take into account air exposure. I had a 
print from a 1270 (same inks(?)) turn orange in a matter of weeks. It was 
printed on the Epson Premium Glossy paper with Epson OEM inks and was 
sitting on my shelf where it spent most of the time in very dim shade. 
Check out this site for more info: 
http://home.cox.rr.com/meyerfamily/epson/epson.html

So far I haven't had problems with prints I've framed immediately, but I 
don't trust them. That's why I went carbon-pig. They didn't think to check 
for air exposure in the testing, just light. Luckily they didn't give me a 
hassle about buying back my printer, so my personal experience was good, 
but I think others had to pave the way for that.