Re: Epson inks and paper

["Gary L. Hunt" <glh@srv.net>]

Don't want to be argumentative, but that definition of the point
of the list is a bit narrow--there are any number of uses for
prints that don't require archival qualities in any true sense of
the term, and some people on the list are engaged in them.  
There are certainly users for whom quality is everything and
durability is negotiable or unnecessary.  (Proofing, for example?)
Maybe "adequately archival qualities", in the sense that they
last as long as they need to?  I used to make B&W contact
prints on a stabilization processor, because I only wanted them
to last long enough for me to decide whether to proof-print the
negatives or not.  (It's not my fault that some of them haven't
died in 25 years--they're still only a historical curiosity.)  At
the moment, I'm willing to accept prints on Epson paper/ink
that will last even a very few months, as long as I'm happy with 
their quality.  But this isn't really a disagreement, merely a
matter of emphasis--no one seriously WANTS their prints
to die quickly.

Gary Hunt <glh@srv.net>


At 12:38 PM 1/4/2000 -0800, Gerald Olson wrote:
>Mike, Nothing at all wrong with Epson inks and papers, UNLESS you want
>them to last a couple years hanging in normal roomlight without fading.
>With the Epson products, you WILL get fading. That's the whole point of
>this list. To get the best, highest quality prints you can get and still
>get fairly archival qualities.
>
>Jerry


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