Re: Epson papers (actually - Epson Inks)
Re: Epson papers (actually - Epson Inks)
- Subject: Re: Epson papers (actually - Epson Inks)
- From: Darrin Southern <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 21:47:24 +1100
Has anyone tested the 'delta shift' of the 'new' Epson Yellow and Light
Magenta dye inks for the 7000 and 9000 that are supposed to solve this issue
?
http://prographics.epson.com/room/press_photodye.html
Darrin.
PS - Has anyone heard anything about Epson's new '10 year' dye inks ?
Sorry - I forgot to change the reply subject before . . .
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> Is anyone else experiencing these drying issues?
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The answer is a YES. To date I have tested 8 brands of paper with Epson
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Inks and one third party ink manufacturer. I am amazed at how much these
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prints are drifting. I am seeing visual change quantified by
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spectrophotometric measurements at regular intervals. Measurements where
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meticulously taken with a Spectrolino
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To date the best performer has been ORIS ink on ORIS paper. I have been
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measuring the 100% and 50% values of the CMYKRGB every half hour for the
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first 6 hours, then daily after that. After Five days;
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ORIS ink and paper:
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average DeltaE = .6
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peek DeltaE = .9
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Another recommended brand w/ Epson inks:
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average DeltaE = 2.4
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peek DeltaE = 5.1