From: Larry Roohr (larry.roohr@comcast.net)
Date: 08/28/03-07:09:51 PM Z
Julian,
All bets are off for longevity predictions except with specific ink and
paper combinations that the manufacturer spec's, and then these should
be taken with a grain of salt. I think you'll even see the color of your
pictorico neg's shift a bit after uv exposure if you look.
The 2200 is reported to be the best yet for inkjet negatives, but I
wouldnt bet on anything being archival.
I'm very curious about your experience with the Lyson inks. It's
something I've intended to try but havn't had the time. I've long held
the belief that quadtone gray inks would do the best job for inkjet
negatives. You would not have colors shifting from dark to light as
happens on unprofiled pictorico OHP when using all the color inks, and
you would be using all the inkjet nozzles to make your image unlike with
the single color solutions. But this is all conjecture on my part, and
I've seen some great images using all the above methods.
Please let us know how the Lyson works out if you persue it.
Larry
Julian Smart wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>for the past two years I have been producing my gum negatives on Pictorico
>film.
>Prior to April this year I was printing on an Epson 1290, using standard
>Epson cartridges. I recently had cause to examine some of my negs. and found
>them to be faded beyond use. There is a marked colour shift towards the red
>and a corresponding density decrease, making them now unuseable.
>
>I have since changed over to (but not yet tested) Lyson Quad(hex?) black
>inks. I hope these will be a little more stable and will give me a smoother,
>more delicate neg than the Epson inks .
>
>I would be interested to hear of anyone else's experiences with this film,
>particularly if anyone has returned to reprint a neg after several months
>and produced a different result because of a faded neg.
>
>I now have a 2100 (2200 in the States) but have yet to make any negs on this
>as my gum printing season runs from September. Might I expect similar
>results or will the pigment inks be naturally more archival on this
>substrate?
>
>Many thanks in advance,
>
>Julian.
>
>
>
>
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