I still have some prints made with pigs from over ten years ago, exposed to
air and elements, that look pretty good. The inks themselves were not as
mature as they are now, but I gave up on them and went back to dyes just
because I could get better blacks and so forth. Then Ilford came up with
Galerie papers and I had a quasi-archival solution with dye inks.
Unfortunately, Epson's Claria inks only work well with Epson papers, which
isn't too bad, because I like the papers pretty well. I've always wanted
to like matte papers, but I am usually disappointed in them, and the art
papers have mostly seemed like versions of matte. I mainly print on Epson
Luster now.
But I haven't grown with the product line for many years now. I guess I'm
just hanging on the vine.
Joel W.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> No, I don't. My printers use pigments and I usually let the eyes fly over
> anything that says dye. Sorry.
>
> I'm thinking Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art for those flower pictures. If
> you'd like a little texture, Epson Velvet Fine Art is a winner.
>
> For the more lustrous eye, Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster.
>
> But, as I said, all of those are for pigment printers. Mine is an Epson
> 3880, which I love dearly.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2013, at 5:46 PM, DZDub wrote:
>
> > Thanks Bob. I would love to delve into some printing like that. Do you
> > know of a decent fine art paper that works with dyes, preferably some
> sort
> > of Epson paper? That's probably a tall order, plus Epson only provides
> > profiles it approves of, and not many of those.
>
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