Bob
On 28/11/02 at , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I was moving some Cibachromes a few days ago. I particularly looked to see if
> they had faded or changed colour. I could discern no change. The prints were
> hung behind thin "plastic" glass in average room conditions with direct dawn
> sunlight for ten years. That is the window faced east.
impressive, I guess it's a bit difficult to tell if there has been ANY
fading without a copy of the print from a dark drawer. I'm amazed they
can last so long in sunlight.
>
> I have a blockage when it comes to remembering all the numbers that Epson
> calls their printers. Am I right that the 2100 is the model which takes the
> best inks for longevity?
AFAIK - at A3+ the current king of longevity [in the Epson stable] is indeed
the 2100.
They have reduced the archival claims somewhat from those for the 2000P
[they had to invent new inks since - unfortunately - the Pigmented inks
in the 2000P were pretty much unsuitable for the purpose due to
iluminant metamerism]. The 2100 uses Ultrachrome inks, pretty nice but
I'm seeing a bit of a tendency toward bronzing on Epson's own Premium
SemiGloss.
>
Regards
NeilB
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