Re: archival ink for deskjet


Gerard NIEMETZKY (gerard@atxstudio.com)
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:10:56 -0500


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>From: Gary Miller <gmphotos@earthlink.net>
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: archival ink for deskjet
>Date: Thu, Jan 28, 1999, 8:19 PM
>I am not an archival freak, but I would probably not buy a $600.
>Iris print either because it is so delicate. I have heard that the ink
>manufacturers are delving into this problem, but who knows when it will be
>solved. I agree that archival should look preety good still in 100 years.
>

>From: Bob_Maxey@mtn.3com.com <Bob_Maxey@mtn.3com.com>
>To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
><alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
>Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:36 PM
>Subject: Re: archival ink for deskjet
>
>>Of course you have to gaurantee that you will reprint any and all prints
>>that
>>fade after a few years in order to sell them unless of course you are just
>>trying to make a fast buck.

>>Very true, but I wonder what the public's opinion would be of a product
>>that goes bad every few years. Anyone who believes that this is acceptable
>>to the general public, needs to get out more.
>>
>>This is why it is vital that the customer understands that this might
>>happen right upfront.
>>
>>My biggest fear is that some will not tell this to their customer just to
>>avoid having to explain the problem.
>>
>>RM
>>
I agree with all of you about permanence.
That is why I am working on a four colors pigment printing process
using pigments guaranteed to last more than 500 years.

Gerard Niemetzky



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