Don't know whether it's down to using Epson's printer and papers or not: I have couple of mono prints on my office wall, unprotected but with no direct sunlight on them which have faded to a rather nasty shade of green!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Perry Pellechia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: Re: My Canon BCI 6 Ink Experiment update > On 10/12/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 12/10/06, Perry Pellechia, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >Dave, >> >This fading of prints off the Canon printers is highly dependent on >> >the paper used. I have a print off my S800 on Kodak glossy photo >> >paper that has not faded at all after four years. This photo is >> >hanging in my office under fluorescent light with nothing protecting >> >it. The same photo printed on Canon paper faded pretty rapidly. The >> >Kodak had some sort of coating that the ink penetrated into. >> >> Interesting. I used Ilford Gallerie smooth pearl and smooth gloss.... >> >> -- >> > When the S800 (BCI 6 inks) first came out there was a pretty long > discussion on the DPreview printer forum about this. The Canon "Photo > Paper Pro" was the worst in fade resistance. This was during a time > when the Epsons were getting a bad name for their print fading. The > Kodak paper (which I do not think is produced like it was back then) > was surprising better with the Canon and Epson dye based inks. Of > course the pigment based inks the newer class printers use are > supposed to be much better in fade resistance. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
