Those talking about the fading of dye inks seem to be unaware of or have
forgotten the Ilford Galerie Classic papers:
"GALERIE CLASSIC GLOSS and CLASSIC PEARL are heavyweight, RC papers that
feature a polymer receiving layer designed specifically for dye based
inks. Moisture in the ink causes the polymer to swell and encapsulate
the ink, resulting in superb image quality and stability."
I seem to recall that someone else may have made similar papers. A neat
solution, but with limited paper choices. I opted to go with pigment
inks in my second photo printer to open up the possibility of a greater
range of papers with long image life.
Moose
Ken Norton wrote:
>
> As a point of comparison, several years ago I performed extensive testing
> with the Canon dyes in Ilford Gallerie Classic. I took prints with the IT8
> target printed on them and literally taped them to the outside wall facing
> south. They were just under the eave enough that they stayed mostly dry, but
> they still got no less than 2-3 hours of DIRECT sunlight per day. As this
> house was next to I-80, there were plenty of exhaust fumes eating away at it
> too. I made sure, when taping, that I had an airgap behind them for full air
> circulation front and rear.
>
> Inotherwords, pretty much a worse-case environment.
>
> After two years, when I finally pulled them off the wall, there was more
> damage from water and bird-droppings than fade. Essentially, about the worse
> thing that happened is the lightest yellow faded away.
>
> AG
>
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