Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Kodak paper was also the main one he was harping on - they said the 100 year claim was complete bogus, and that Kodak was virtually in the "fraud" zone and should be sued. On 10/20/05 10:43 PM, "Gerry Walden" <gwlists@aol.com> wrote: > I have never had problems with prints from my canon S9000 (same inks > etc. as your friend) and I think Canon themselves say 25 years, BUT the > new Kodak Professional paper is supposed to be at least 100 years. If > you switch to this be sure to download the new drivers for the printer > from the Kodak site, and to convert to them before printing. > > Gerry > > Jim Christie wrote: > >> >> I have a friend who has been told that her Canon i9900 prints will not >> have a quality life beyond 2 or 3 years and she is so upset she is >> thinking about buying a new printer. I told her that I didn't think >> she should be so worried and that I thought the quality life of an >> inkjet photograph had more to do with the ink and paper used. >> >> >> >> In fact, I think that if she were to use the high quality Canon >> recommended paper along with her normal canon replacement inks that >> her prints should have a life approximately equal to other printers of >> equal value. Thus, I would think that, if her prints are under glass, >> they should have a life of at least 50 or more years. Can any of you >> help me with this issue? >> >> >> >> Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>