quad longevity was The Doorstop Printer

[tboley@emeraldnet.net]

Again, I seem to be the only one slamming MIS quad ink. The lighter inks
of the 4 color quad set change to brown within weeks unless dark stored.
With a six color printer you have 2 more light inks to do just the same,
that's speculation on my part since I'm using a 3000. So far the Lysonic
quad set has remained unchanged in a print taped to an west facing
window for almost 2 months. Unfortunately I love the "look" of the MIS
ink set, and they seem to stop shifting after the initial move, but who
knows? Certainly MIS is the accepted quad inkset, and very few people
have complained.
Tyler
> 
> this is an important point, so I'll ask even another question to clarify for my newbie
> mind: I have heard that for color, 4 ink printers are more archival than 6 color due
> to fading of the lighter cyans(?). Now, if one loaded up with quatone ink instead are
> you saying that  the six ink version will also be less archival as its color cousin
> is? Longevity doesn't depend on color but on lightness of the ink??
> 
> tboley@emeraldnet.net wrote:
> 
> > I would stay away from the 1200 for quadtones. You will have total ink
> > issues to deal with for quads and the 1200 is notorious for putting
> > unusable amounts of ink down even with color. Just my opinion, others
> > here may have good things to say about the 1200 with quads. Longevity
> > with MIS quad inks is an issue, particularly the light ink, which you'll
> > have more of with a 6 color printer. I think the 1160 would be a great
> > quad printer.
> > Tyler
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