Is Inkjet printing as bad as it sounds?

[Al Gruber <algruber@home.com>]

I thought I would get into color printing with an Epson 1200, but I have
been scared off by the posts about fading.  

For example, Paul Bingham wrote: "Epson photo paper with Epson inks showed
noticeable fading in 5 days and at 60 days the image was almost totally gone".

I am also puzzled by the nonchalant attitude about this.  If my prints
didn't last 60 days, I'd hit the roof.  Heck, I would be disturbed if they
didn't last 10 years.  So I don't understand why everybody doesn't ask for
his money back.

Could somebody explain to me what I'm missing.  Are the fading reports
totally exaggerated?  Do they only happen with cheap paper and cheap ink?
Is there some other explanation?

Thanks, Al
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