accelerated fading problem

[Tham Kok Leong <kltham@cyberway.com.sg>]

Has anyone experienced "sudden" fading before? By 'sudden' fading, I am
referring to really accelerated fading which happens in a matter of days
(!). I'm not kidding when I say that I have seen some prints (mainly
grayscale images) which show this effect. The fading is not uniform and
appears to affect only portions of the prinout...it's as if some parts of
the printout were protected by something and other 'exposed' parts were
not. Recently, when this happend to my prints, the printouts in question
had severe fading in some parts (the image turned magentish) and on some
printouts, the faded area could clearly be seen as a distinct area on the
printout, complete with clearly defined borders. I'm puzzled as to what
could have caused this. I did not put the prinouts in direct sunlight, only
on the desk in my office. BUt the printouts were in contact with other
books, documents etc.

Someone suggested that it could be a ph (acidity) related cause. Perhaps
some object with high acidity was in contact with the printouts. My other
guess is heat (say from a cup of coffee etc). I am really puzzled and still
can't isolate what is the cause. Paper used is the New Photo Paper (ie the
one said to have longer print life) and Epson inks. Anyone have any idea
what could be the cuase? This is perhaps the 3rd time over the course of 1
year that I have observed this problem.

Thanks
kokleong
http://come.to/digitaldarkroom



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