Shangara
On 28/11/02 at , Shangara Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It was 28/11/02 7:44 am when Neil Barstow wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Neil
>
> Are you going to put your views of the printer on your website? Would make
> interesting reading.
I guess, but I'd need motre experience of them first.
>
> I still haven't been able to find a definitive answer
you're joking, is there ever a definitive answer?
> to whether it's better
> to go with an 1160/1290 profiled with Lyson inks because metamerism is
> reduced to an "acceptable" level or eliminated altogether under daylight,
> tungsten and fluorescent lighting or to go with the 2100 because it has
> separate carts and pigment inks for longevity and no metamerism.
depends on your priorities.
>
> As far as I can make out, you have to optimize the prints either for
> daylight, tungsten or fluorescent to prevent the metamerism.
some do it's true
> As soon as you
> change the viewing conditions, tough...Will it be possible to profile the
> printer so that metamerism is eliminated when seeing a print under different
> lighting conditions
welll, the 9600 appears to achieve that, perhaps the 2100 will too
> or will we just have to accept the fact that you have to
> print 3 prints for viewing under different lighting conditions (ignoring
> mixed lighting for the moment)?
perhaps, but technology ever marches forward.
await detail on 2100 I guess.
Regards
NeilB
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