PREMIUM GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER CHANGE - ELIMINATING THE CYAN FADE PROBLEMS
As many of you may know, Epsonšs Premium Glossy Photo Paper (PGPP) was discontinued in late August, because of a cyan dye fade problem, due to ozone gas oxidation. Fading of the PGPP was sporadic -- some people never had a problem, but others witnessed fading of their prints to an orange-red color within days or a few weeks. Epson is releasing an improved version of the PGPP sometime later this month. For complete details on the REAL REASON the original PGPP faded, be sure to read our report:
Be sure to read WHY the new PGPP will NOT completely solve the cyan dye fading problem, and what extra precautions you should take with the new paper, and other papers as well.
ALTERNATIVE PAPERS FOR THE EPSON 2000P
There has been a dearth of Epson media for the Epson Stylus Photo 2000P ever since the printer came out. Epson introduced three papers with the launch of the 2000P (Premium Semigloss, Archival Matte, and Watercolor - With a Luster to arrive soon). The Premium Semigloss Photo Paper is in extremely short supply right now because former Premium Glossy Photo Paper users have been switching to the Semigloss until the improved version of the Premium Glossy (due to the cyan dye fading problem of the older paper) is released sometime later this month.
Luminos, in an effort to promote their new Lumijet "Portfolio Series" papers, and to increase the sales of their older, "Preservation Series" papers, issued a permanence statement about these paper:
"Due to the image permanence characteristics of pigmented inks, as compared to media dependent dye based inks, extended image stability will likely be achieved on a variety of media brands. Image permanency testing by leading industry authorities to determine the extent of image permanence of Lumijet media with pigmented inks is under way. Results will be made available in the near future."
Basically, they're saying that the pigmented inks in the new Epson 2000P, 7500, 9500 and those 3rd party pigmented inks used in the older Epson printers are so stable that several of their papers (as well as some papers from other brands) should last a long, long time.
We agree. And with the problems we've had in getting and keeping the new Epson 2000P papers in stock, having other choices is very welcome. (By the way, Luminos' new "Genuine Pearl" looks and prints very similar to Epson's "Premium Semigloss.")
We and several other users have also had good luck with the Somerset Photo Enhanced on the 2000P, in fact, our staff likes the output on SPE better than on Epson's Watercolor paper. Although SPE has had some disastrous results with some dye-based inks, Legion West Paper (the distributor of SPE) thinks similarly to Luminos about the how pigmented inks will play on their SPE paper.
CONTROLLING METAMERISM
Because the Epson 2000P uses pigments inks, metamerism has shown to be a significant issue when balancing color for each print's final display environment -- in other words, one color profile will not fit every illumination situation. Read our report about "metamerism" - what it is, comparison images, and adjustments you can make to control metamerism on 2000P prints:
Ever since Legion West Paper (the distributor for Liege) introduced Somerset Photo Enhanced in the summer of 1999, sales of their Liege began to drop. For this reason, Liege is being discontinued. If you like this paper, you had better buy what little stock we have left:
Due to the popularity of Epsonšs new Stylus Pro 7500 and 7000 printers, we've asked several inkjet paper companies to start producing 24" wide papers for us. We currently have 24" rolls in Somerset Photo Enhanced and will have Concorde Rag by October 9th. Other papers will be available within a few weeks. We should be an Epson Pro Focus Dealer soon, and will also be carrying Epson 24" and 44" media. Be sure to check our "wide-format" web page regularly for updates:
We are still planning to feature: A COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISON OF 13" EPSON DESKTOP PRINTERS
Epson Stylus Photo 2000P
Epson Stylus Photo 1270
Epson Stylus Photo 1200
Epson Stylus Color 1160
....however, this report has been delayed again, because two of our printers had to returned to Epson for repairs! We apologize for the delays.
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