Amen!! ---------- > From: BobMcClelland <rdm@webart.u-net.com> > To: epson-inkjet@leben.com > Subject: Return of the Luddite > Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 2:50 PM > > Dear Colleagues, > > I have come to a decision. Like MIke (I think it was Mike) I am only going to use Epson inks in > future! > > I have contemplated all the ins and outs of profiling, colour spaces, all that stuff and listened to > various experts arguing about the best ways to do this and that. I've also listened to folk > disagreeing about Win98 and SE etc etc etc. I have also lost patience in waiting for a definitive > comment on the actual light stability of Lyson inks (is it 20 years, 30 years, or indeed, as someone > said yesterday, less than Epson?). > The truth is, all these things have been released too soon. Lyson is clearly not ready for marketing > and clearly unable to provide a 'certificate of longevity (as promised) and frankly, I've had enough > of it! My supplier has agreed to take back my ink and refund my money! > > Monochrome work will be done on silver/gelatine and colour will be Cibachrome (Ilfochrome to you > younger ones!). I will make nice prints using Epson inks on my 750 but none will be for sale - they > will only be for looking at! Maybe, sometime in the future, when things have settled down, I will > return to 'archival' printing but for now - forget it! > > rafe says he is moving from PS4.0 to 5.02 - I will use 5.02 still, but I may print from PS4.0! > > (roll on the successor to the 870!) > > regards, > Bob > Cornwall (U.K.) > > www.webart.u-net.com > > > > > - > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.