Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For what ever it's worth - I've had no fading with the HP black and white prints - on their premium plus paper - with prints exposed to direct, bright sunlight. Like Ben, however, I have had disastrous results using the Ilford Pearl paper with the HP inks. I tend to believe the longevity estimates - as long as one is using the recommended paper and ink combo. On 10/21/05 2:05 PM, "Benjamin Marks" <benmarks2005@gmail.com> wrote: > I have found that Jon Cone's original (Sundance) carbon inksets fade/warm > initially, but are pretty stable after their initial fade. I am currently > experimenting with his newer Peizo-ICC warmtone inkset on acid-free paper. > There is a photo shop here in Burlington, VT which has had one of these > new-ink prints taped in a window for a year with no noticeable fading. > Glossy paper is still not an option with Cone's inks. > I have had wildly varying results with HP's inksets. On HP Premium Plus > paper, I have seen no noticeable fade under non-glass display conditions > over the past year. But combining the HP inks with Costco's Kirkland glossy > paper and with Ilford's pearl paper has been disastrous. Prints fading to > yellow/green after only a few weeks. > I would regard _ANY_ longevity claims from a printer/ink manufacturer with > suspicion. > This variability and lack of standards is one of the real drawbacks of > digital as opposed to silver-based prints, in my mind. When I make a silver > print, I know that print quality will be consistent, at least over the next > 20 years. I know it because I have seen it; and the technology is quite > stable. With inkjet who knows. Even if you hit on an ink and paper combo > that you think works for you, it will probably be replaced by something > later and greater within five years (given the short product cycle in this > still-new industry). > I'm sure that there are those for whom the end product is not a print. For > me, it still is though. > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information