Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To give Kodak their due - if you read the white paper on the 100 year paper they only claim 100 years for pigment inks - They go on to say dye based inks suffer from ozone issues 'within weeks' - the claim basic stability for the Canon inks to 25 years (behind glass), which is about what others are claiming. You do have to read the research paper though to get to this information. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+michael.francis=gs.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+michael.francis=gs.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Wade Heninger Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:57 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Inkjet Print Life The Kodak paper was also the main one he was harping on - they said the 100 year claim was complete bogus, and that Kodak was virtually in the "fraud" zone and should be sued. On 10/20/05 10:43 PM, "Gerry Walden" <gwlists@aol.com> wrote: > I have never had problems with prints from my canon S9000 (same inks > etc. as your friend) and I think Canon themselves say 25 years, BUT > the new Kodak Professional paper is supposed to be at least 100 years. > If you switch to this be sure to download the new drivers for the > printer from the Kodak site, and to convert to them before printing. > > Gerry > > Jim Christie wrote: > >> >> I have a friend who has been told that her Canon i9900 prints will >> not have a quality life beyond 2 or 3 years and she is so upset she >> is thinking about buying a new printer. I told her that I didn't >> think she should be so worried and that I thought the quality life of >> an inkjet photograph had more to do with the ink and paper used. >> >> >> >> In fact, I think that if she were to use the high quality Canon >> recommended paper along with her normal canon replacement inks that >> her prints should have a life approximately equal to other printers >> of equal value. Thus, I would think that, if her prints are under >> glass, they should have a life of at least 50 or more years. Can any >> of you help me with this issue? >> >> >> >> Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information