RE: Re[2]: Epson's Colorfast - 1st impressions

"Laurie Solomon" <laurie@advancenet.net> · Sat, 4 Aug 2001 15:48:06 -0500

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Travis,

Have you tried lacquer spraying the prints on the Colorfast paper to see if
that helps with water resistance and to determine if spraying has any
negative side-effects?

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From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com
[mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Travisimo!
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 9:11 AM
To: PhotoRoy6@aol.com
Subject: Re[2]: Epson's Colorfast - 1st impressions

> All we know is that Epson OEM inks wash off the page. Nobody washed the
MIS
> inks yet so they might not wash. My observation of the ink washing off was
a
> remark about color balance. If you don't like the color balance you can do
it
> again. Or when you are done proofing wash the proofs away and reuse the
paper.

I can confirm that the ink will wash off with the MIS Lightfast inks
as well.  Hot water will do it quickly, cold water takes longer.  A
water spot on the paper will smudge the ink.  Now if your hands are
just damp and you hold the print, I did not experience any smudging or
washoff.  If your hands were completely wet, however, it would
definitely smudge.

The prints will dry faster if the air is cool and dry.  I made the
first prints on the Colorlife paper when my air conditioner was off.
They took quite a while to dry (at least several hours, overnight was
completely dry).  It was very warm and humid in the house, so I turned
on the air the next day and made some more prints.  These dried a lot
faster, although it is certainly much longer drying time than the
other Epson papers.  Smudging can occur if you fondle the prints when
they first come out of the printer.  After a few minutes, they are ok
to touch, but not to place on top of each other (or you will see ink
on the backs of your photos).  Once they are dry, it is fine to put
them on top of each other, to touch them and they will not smudge.
Before they are dry, they feel sticky/tacky.  Once they are dry, they
actually feel very nice.  They don't have that *waxy* feel like the
resin papers (Premium Glossy, etc).

It looks like no matter what paper we will use, we will have to make
disclaimers to others that we give/sell our prints to.  For most
papers, we have to tell others to make sure to put prints in frames or
albums/sleeves so that they don't shift.  For the Colorlife paper, it
is unclear whether we have to make THAT disclaimer, but we would want
to point out that they are not water resistant.

With ANY of these papers, storing them in frames/albums will offer the
best protection.  But I can both types of paper being used.  Some
people would probably be more concerned about water resistance than
gas fading.  Others will be more concerned about light/gasfastness
than water resistance.  Personally, if the Colorlife paper really does
prevent the orange shifting and has about 2.5 times greater
lightfastness too, then I would be compelled to use it.  I don't think
I have ever gotten water on my prints since I have been photo printing
(about 3 years now).  But I have experienced many fades/shifts that
have ruined my prints.  And obviously, those using the highly
acclaimed Matte-heavyweight paper have to be very concerned about
water as well.

Just my opinion!
Travis

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