Re: Why don't Epson produce their own archival inks? (Was RE: New - " Somerset P

[James Godward <WB6ODO@compuserve.com>]

David,

I think that you are generally right on the money.  to be honest not too
many of us thought about there NOT being longevity in the prints from the
ink-jets.  I was surprised and most others in the genealogy world were too
when this became known there. 

Not surprisingly it took a while till we started noticing that things were
fading and had been damaged by moisture.  However the word is getting
around and we are now looking at the replacement printers with this in
mind.  

Unless these not very sophisticated users can get the archival inks and
papers from the manufacturers and the computer retailers that you
mentioned, they will not be replacing the existing printers unless there is
no alternative(It's broke and too expensive to fix).  The genealogy world
is exploding right now and will play a part in the marketing in the future,
Broderbund and Compaq just announced a marketing agreement in the last week
for cooperation in marketing computers and programs for genealogy.

Just my opinion but I hear it frequently in the genealogy world too.

Regards,

Jim Godward
So CA
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