Re: [Leica] Which Inkjet Paper

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Deborah Dion wrote:
> 
> Response to post on inkjet papers;
><snip> to achieve
> prints I'm satisfied with. I've used a Contax G1 with 3 Zeiss lenses, a
> Leica r7 and currently an M6 with 28, 50 and 90mm lenses. I did print 6 of
> my photos on an epson stylus photo with epson inks and epson photo quality
> paper. I hung them in my office. After 2+ years the color shift and
> degradation of the prints is very noticeable. I couldn't use digital
> printing professionally until I solved the archival issue. I guess for some
> purposes where longevity is not an issue, it's okay. But the epson inks do
> fade. And the experimental prints are not hanging in direct sunlight.
> Debby Dion

IT'S like photography was day one invented when they finally invented fixer (Talbot?).
They had the developer and the paper for decades to centuries. It's just sooner
or later somebody turned the damn lights on. "On fixing a shadow" what was that?
Mark Rabiner