Which Inks To Use

[Diane and Suzan <silkpurse.farm@sympatico.ca>]

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this seems to explain it all!

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maybe this iAt 05:24 PM 15/03/2002 -0500, you wrote:
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>Steve Jacobson wrote:
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>>But of the archival inks out there, it seems that there are the dye
>>based (MIS, Lysonic) and pigment based (Generations, Fotonic).
>>
>>I have been led to believe that the dye-based inks have a wider gamut
>>than the pigment inks.
>>
>>For the user who wants good reproductions from an Epson, what are some
>>of the factors to consider?  There doesn't seem to be any good
>>comparisons or information about ink selection.
>>
>>I understand that availability is also a consideration.
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
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>Steve:
>
>So far I've only used Epson OEM dye inks in my 1270 but I am considering
buying
>a CIS in the future. I've collected quite a few messages from this list
over the
>past year in a plain text file regarding various 3rd party inks. It is fairly
>large, so if you would like it, let me know and I'll email it to you
privately.
>To sum up, my understanding is:
>
>Dye inks can't be beat for color gamut. If you want the best looking
print, you
>must use dye inks. However, dyes, even the so-called archival ones, will not
>last nearly as long as pigment inks. This is the big advantage of
pigments. The
>disadvantages are:
>> problematic with glossy papers (won't look good, ink rubs off, etc.)
>> color gamut not as good
>> more problems with metamerism (colors look different under different
lights)
>> must be profiled to get good color
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Nick
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