RE: Lysonic 6-color cartridges

[Royce Bair - The Stock Solution <royce@tssphoto.com>]

<x-flowed><John.Weil@UCHSC.edu> wrote:
>Their web page indicates cartridges for the 700 and EX available in 'spring
>1999'. Do they actually exist, or is this shipping date a fiction?
>
> > From: 	Andrew Collings
> > I ordered some 6-color cartridges from Lysonic today for my EX. They
> > should
> > arrive this week. I will keep the group posted on results. Check out their
> > website:http://www.lyson.com/

The Lysonic 6-colr ink cartridges do exist (at last!).  We don't have 
them listed on our Web site yet, but Lyson is now shipping them to 
their dealers.  Our shipment should arrive by June 10th, and I think 
you'll like our pricing.

Lyson is telling us that their "Fotonic" ink 
<http://www.lyson.com/FOTONIC.html>  which was also slated for 
distribution in 'Spring 1999' will now actually be launched with much 
fanfare in September 1999.

Although the Lysonic inks have an estimated life of up to 75 year 
when used on an uncoated, 100% cotton paper, their color gamut is not 
as vivid as the Epson OEM inks, and require some adjustments (i.e. 
via ICC profiles) by experienced users in order to get usable 
results.  This inkset is not for the casual user.  Some artists have 
wished that someone would develop a slightly less archival ink that 
had the color space and ease of use of the Epson OEM inks.  Well, 
Lyson claims to have done this:

"Fotonic is a new set of inks that provide enhanced resistance to 
fading combined with the bright vivid colours ... Fotonic inks use 
unique, specially developed dyes to [give] an estimated 25-30 years 
useable life."

Sounds like it will be worth the wait.

    Royce Bair
    royce@tssphoto.com
    Inkjet Art Solutions
    http://www.inkjetart.com/

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