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From: Greg Vaut <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Re: {not a subscriber} OT--archival printers
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 12:32:58 -0500
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While I have no personal experience with the Epson 2200P, I have been
reading various reports and reviews and would say that generally, those
printers (especially the Epsons) that specifically advertise themselves
for longer lasting prints do a materially better job (i.e., appear to
last longer) than the other color printers.

But one of the most important keys is the type of photo paper you use
for the print - even on the best printers - not just the ink. Archival
quality photo paper gets a little pricey and is much thicker than normal
printer paper. So both the cost and awkwardness of using a longer
report printed this way (where much of the printing is text) would
escalate quite a bit.

Perhaps you had intended to print the photos seperately from the text
and manually insert them.

I have not seen any reports that predicted an image life (maintaining
good image quality without significant color shift) of much greater than
40 years. True archival quality paper for printed text should give you
much longer life than that.

Greg



Lee Hoffman wrote:

> wrote:
>
>> I am concerned about color prints that I use with my TMG reports
>> fading. I
>> have been told that the Epson 2200P (a bit pricey at $699) does archival
>> prints in various sizes (4x6, 5x7, 8x10, etc). Have any of you had any
>> experience with this printer?
>
>
> I think most of those well-experienced with images produced in report
> or even on photographic printer paper would agree that we just don't
> have the experience of how long printed images will last as compared
> with regular photographs. I have printed images from a variety of
> printers using a variety of ink and paper. So far, I have not noted
> any deterioration in them but I have only had them for a short time (a
> couple of years or so).
>
> Most printer ink is not of archival quality and this is particularly
> so for colors other than black. As to which printer does a better
> job, the more expensive printers will likely do better than others.
> But the difference between printers of the same price range will not
> usually be significantly different.
>
>
> Lee Hoffman/KY
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