Re: [APML] Printer Horror Story

[Duncan Munro <dmunro@sfu.ca>]

Chris, which printer are your referring to? I have used an Epson Stylus 
Colour 800 for at least 5 years now. When I bought it it was the only 
inkjet I could find that would print a real black background to match a 
B+W print.  It certainly does not print archival quality but I have 5 
year old prints that have been printed on Kodak photo-weight matte paper 
and they are still quite nice.  I find that the Epson is quite sensitive 
to the driver settings but my 800 still compares favourably to the best 
inkjets on the market (at least for astrophotos).

IIR Epson recommends keeping display prints under glass.

Duncan Munro

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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