Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Chris; what did I know? :-( ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Williams" <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Archival 4x6 Prints? > Seth, > > Epson has been using pigment inks in their higher end/pro printers for at > least 6 or 7 yrs now. Maybe HP does as well, and Canon now does. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Seth Rosner" > Subject: Re: [Leica] Archival 4x6 Prints? > > >> Something in a Kodak TV ad I saw yesterday prompted me to go back to this >> post of Brian. Kodak said that one of the advantages of its new >> generation >> printer is that rather than relying on dyes, as H-P and most other >> printers do, Kodak's relies on pigments. I am not yet into the digital >> era >> but my uneducated guess is that as yet, Kodak's photographic printers are >> not at the high end for top quality prints. But if Kodak gets to that >> point, would not photographers who care about such things prefer >> pigment-based color prints that almost certainly will have longer >> archival >> lives than those that are dye-based? >> >> Seth > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1843 - Release Date: 12/11/2008 8:36 AM