Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been printing B&W prints with Kirkland glossy paper from Costco for about six months now using a HP 7690 and their grey/black carts. There has been a noticable fade towards yellow/green in the B&W images I have had sitting on a mantlepiece in our living room (no direct sunlight, prints unframed). Similar prints on HP's top of the line glossy paper have had no fading at all that I can see. As much as I hate to say it, the combination of ink and paper really does matter. I would caution all of those expecting some sort of image stability from ink-jet prints to test carefully under display conditions (particularly with the inks being as expensive as they are). I should say that the HP 7690 (I think there is a newer model now) with HP papers produces prints out of the box which rival what I can produce on glossy RC paper in the darkroom. I am still able to produce silver FB prints superior to inkjet . . . to my eye at least. Now can I get proficient before the next change in "fashion" produces technical obselescence with my current computer/OS/printer/scanner?> ARRRG!