Hi, Cotty wrote: > > On 23/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > > >> Just done a series of 16X12 prints for a friend on Ilford Gallerie Smooth > >> Gloss. WOW. You could knock me down with a feather. The paper quality is > >> superb and the pics GLOW. Apologies - I don't often use caps. It really > >> is stunning stuff. Epson just lost a customer. > >> > >> The Pearl is nice but not altogether my cup of teaearlgreyhot. > > > >AFAIR you print using a Canon S9000, right? If that's true, I can only hope > >that the Smooth Gloss is more "archival" trhan the Pearl - I use a S900, and > >my prints on the Smooth Pearl faded after a few days laying in a room - no > >direct sunlight. The black ink turned red :-( Canon's Photo Pro paper wasn't > >that much better in that respect. since then, I've switched to > >Tetenal-Fine-Art-Something-Matte and Epson Heavyweight Matte Paper - they > >offer much more stability. My 2 cents. > > Thanks Lukasz, yes S9000. I will keep an eye on the prints. Are you using > Canon inks? I do know that prolongued exposure to air will also fade the > inks, but only a few days sounds pretty drastic. Any comments?
Is it possible the paper was counterfeit? Could be a nice little niche market for some bandit somewhere... m
