Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Something in a Kodak TV ad I saw yesterday prompted me to go back to this post of Brian. Kodak said that one of the advantages of its new generation printer is that rather than relying on dyes, as H-P and most other printers do, Kodak's relies on pigments. I am not yet into the digital era but my uneducated guess is that as yet, Kodak's photographic printers are not at the high end for top quality prints. But if Kodak gets to that point, would not photographers who care about such things prefer pigment-based color prints that almost certainly will have longer archival lives than those that are dye-based? Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Archival 4x6 Prints? > Both Blurb and iPhoto Books are retail front ends to a network of > commercial printers around the world who do the actual printing. > > All of the printers use HP Indigo series presses, and by now most of them > have upgraded to the third-generation, of which the Indigo 5500 is a good > example. > > http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/ga/WF05a/18972-18972-236257-90275-3638783-3382246.html > > I do not know if Blurb uses the UV Coater accessory to the Indigo press. > This is a separate box that applies a UV-resistant coating to the finished > printed page. If they do, then the page is (per HP) rated for 75 years > without significant color fade. > > Here is HP's FAQ on the inks used in the Indigo: > > http://h10088.www1.hp.com/gap/Data/en/us/ElectroInk_FAQ_4.pdf > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.15/1839 - Release Date: 12/9/2008 9:59 AM