Canon has both in-house testing and third-party testing for the new inks for
the S800. Expected lifetime--framed under glass and printed on their
PhotoPro paper-- with no significant fading is about 25 years.
I've been thinking about the archive issues for a while. If I've stored the
negatives properly, and also made CD copies of scans of the negatives when
they were new, 25 years is more than long enough for the print, IMHO. I can
always print another, or print two, initially, and keep one in dark storage.
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Scott Gomez
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From: Winsor Crosby [mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Subject: RE: [OM] Epson Printers - advice wanted
I saw somewhere on the web, sorry I did not bookmark it, a comparison
between Epson printers with photo and effect of dot size, 6 v. 4
color tanks and variable dot size. Even the older printers with 6
color tanks or variable dot size were not significantly outclassed by
the newer printers. Since there have been problems with 6 color
system fading of the lighter colors, I would vote for a 4 color
system with variable dot size and some sort of reliable rating of
fade resistance. The Epson at least uses a third party to rate their
inks for resistance to fading. Have not heard anything similar to
substantiate Canon's claims. This is for photo printers. For business
use I would lean toward HP for their type quality. In a very large
office where I worked the reliability of the HP printers was
legendary even in an overworked situation. The subsequent Lexmarks
were awful in that department.
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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