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You're absolutely right Shooter. I'll be glad if I last as long as my dye
based ink pictures.
rtm
"Shooter" <photoman52003-shoot@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>A couple of points, first the 2100 is not overkill as a dye ink machine. If
> you require bronzing free prints also it produces A3 if required and
> allows
> the use of roll paper, it also cuts to size. I do not sell my prints but
> do
> show them and have not had a problem with fading.
>
> If you go back to using film cameras and slide or negatives the prints
> produced by a process house would also fade, there is far to much fuss
> about
> how long ink prints will last, hell 75yrs I will be dead and gone by then
> but my work will be stored safe on CD and who knows what printers will be
> available in 75yrs to re-produce my work .So again I do not believe you
> purchase a printer because of what ink it uses.
>
>
> "Hecate" <hecate@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:11:08 +0000 (UTC), "Shooter"
>> <photoman52003-shoot@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >Not so, If you change to dye ink which is available from many resellers
> you
>> >get rid of the Bronzing and are able to produce first class glossy
>> >prints
> as
>> >well as semigloss I have been using dye ink in my 2100 / 2200 for about
>> >a
>> >year and have less trouble with clogs than with pigmented. The 2100/2200
>> >will handle dye ink with no problem whatsoever.
>>
>> OK. It's just that all the manufacturers of good quality ink will, of
>> course, match the ink to the printer. Plus, if you only want images
>> that last for a short time, the 2100 is a bit of overkill. After all,
>> you purchase that printer because of it's inks and for print
>> longevity. Using dye inks in it is pointless.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hecate - The Real One
>> Hecate@newsguy.com
>> Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
>> you don't have, to impress people you don't like...
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