Rob Miracle <rwm@photo-miracles.com> writes: > At 01:05 PM 12/13/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >The trouble you are having seems pretty weird. Is it extra humid all the > >time there? [Interject: No. The winter is totally dry; and the season doesn't appear to be a factor] Rob: > Ink Jet prints are very unstable. Under the "right" circumstances they > can last a very long time. Under the "wrong" circumstances they will have > issues in a matter of days. The chemists at Epson, HP and Canon have > worked very hard to eliminate issues with fading. > > I remember when the Epson 1270 came out and was claiming 10-15 years on > glossy and 25+ years on matte that prints were fading in days. Ozone was > the culprit. My wife had a photo of my kids hanging unprotected above her > laser printer (magnet to her filing cabinet. The Cyan ink was blasted off > the page turning the print orange except for what was protected under the > magnet. Hmm. Well, I've had plain paper prints in my office and on the kitchen fridge door - no fading. Glossy photo paper prints anywhere exposed to light: fade in 10 days or so. Can you suggest any reason why the plain paper should be so much better? You see I keep wondering if I've just missed something, like not adding the fixer or something. Brian Chandler ---------------- geo://Sano.Japan.Planet_3 Jigsaw puzzles from Japan at: http://imaginatorium.org/shop/
