archival glossy?

["Michael A. Schwarz" <ms@michaelschwarz.com>]

>That said, I seem to recall that only one of the 2 blacks was archival (I 
>think
>it was the matte black), and.....at least for us, we only print on the matte
>surface anyway, as all the glossy papers are less stable than the matte ones.
>And if one is not interested in the archival quality of the inks, why 
>would one
>bother with the 2100/2200 over the 1290/1280?
>
>Harvey Ferdschneider
>partner, SKID Photography, NYC

Don't mean to take your post out of context, but I also operated under 
the assumption that glossy papers were inherently less archival.  Which 
is why I'm curious as to why Epson's preliminary figures for the 
UltraChrome inks estimate that PGPP color prints will last 90 years and 
the enhanced matte only 30.  What's up with that?


Michael A. Schwarz
Corporate, Editorial and Documentary Photojournalism
www.michaelschwarz.com
ms@michaelschwarz.com


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