Wilhelm / ratings of archivalness / our customer relations

["Gary" <tapo@mind.net>]

Been printing along since last November with Lyson E ink set and Somerset
velvet papers. Then around August I started again, reviewing Wilhelm's site.
I realized from what I see there that the Epson output with these
inks-paper, have NEVER been documented by him. He even goes so far as to
say, where the inks-paper is listed (in the Iris section) that! Somewhere
along the line (as I see and review this in my mind), those of us that
adopted this in the earlier days (and very likely still now) expected that
to be forthcoming; expected since it was so for the Iris in his tests, by
extension it would be so for Epson. It probably is sound reasoning, but,
personally, I have been choosing the conservative route with what I tell
customers, including that I am going with the Wilhelm tested combinations
that serve up the "better" archival ratings. And I cannot verify this still,
unless I forget to mention my printer or infer it is Iris. On this list I
"heard" Wilhelm was coming with this info (Epson) in August, and several
people have emailed to ask what is going on over there (Wilhelm) - but no
reports of any responses.

1) What are those of you using Epsons doing about no specific "Wilhelm
certification" (besides shining it on of course)?

2)For those of you using the "lower rated" archival inksets with
corresponding papers, how are you dealing with the lower rating (and the
issue of who says, and do any of the customers care? And at what price point
do customers start caring?

TIA for all forthcoming contributions to this line of thought - Gary

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