Re: [APML] Printer Horror Story

[George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>]

Hi Chris

I went the "cheap" route and bought the Epson Photo Stylus Photo 820
($150 canadian pesos) about six months ago.
I have had no problem with prints fading or changing colour. About the
only bugaboo that I have found (other than speed) is that you need to do
at least one print every week or two to keep the nozzles from clogging.
I did find that if the background is set to absolute black (use black
ink) there is some slight banding, but with the background bumped up to
just above black there is no problem, other than the amount of colour
ink used.
But in all honesty I may be the lucky one. I have heard a large number
of horror stories from many people who swear they will never buy another
Epson printer again.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health 

Chris Schur wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> As some of you may remember, I had posted some messages earlier in the year
> on how my Epson "archival" printer had all its astro prints fade or turn
> yellow after only six months.  Disgusted, we bought a Cannon 9000 series
> printer, thier version of a photo archival printer.  That was four months
> ago.  the prints started to turn brown after only two months on display, and
> after four months, were horrible.  Is there ANY printer out there under a
> grand that my astro images can be printed with and not fade away after only
> a few months?  We display them both on a wall where the only illumination is
> a north facing window and out of direct sunlight.  My album prints, sealed
> in plastic and in the dark faded out as well.  What is an astrophotograher
> to do???
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Chris Schur
> 
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