RE: Better Plain Paper Printing

["Chris Mason" <chris@net.ai>]

Why would you use an archival ink on non-archival paper? Seems to defeat the purpose of using them. Archival inks have a smaller gamut, generally and are more expensive.

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Patrick Fong
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 4:30 PM
To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
Subject: Better Plain Paper Printing


Hi All,

I am a relatively new Epson printer owner and new to this list.  There has
been a lot of discussion about fading as a result of Epson's decision to use
a dye-based ink for all its printers.  From what I gather, dye-based ink is
also more susciptable to bleeding on plain paper, and this has often been
the sore spot for Epson printers.

I have been looking hard for methods to improve my 740's plain paper output
quality, and it struck me that if I use pigment-based ink in the printer, I
might be able to get prints similar to those from Lexmark or HP printers
(whose quality often attributed to their pigmented inks).  It happens that
archival inksets such as Mediastreet's Generations ink are pigment-based.
Has anybody tried using archival inksets to print on plain paper?  How are
the results, in terms of amount of bleed, saturation, and color accuracy
compared to OEM inks?

Thanks in advance...

Cheers,
Pat


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