Volume 1 Number 5, October 1999 Photo-realistic, Fine Art and Archival Solutions for Inkjet Printing Published by The Stock Solution; Royce Bair, Editor http://www.inkjetArt.com/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WE ARE NOW A DEALER FOR MIS ARCHIVAL INKS The MIS Archival inks have been specially formulated for Epson desktop printers. They are a hybrid dye based-pigmented ink which has an extremely high degree of UV resistance and high water resistance. The estimated archival life will exceed the Epson inks by many times when used with archival paper. Go to: http://www.inkjetart.com/archival_inks/mis_inks.html ...and check out the links to "fade test" and their "Quadtone" inks (for monochrome or B/W printing). For a descriptive comparison of how these inks are different from other archival inks, go to: http://www.inkjetart.com/archival_inks.html ARCHIVAL INKS FOR THE EPSON PHOTO 1200 AND ESC 900 Many have asked when the Lysonic, Fotonic, Luminos Platinum and Luminos Silver inks will be available for the Epson Photo 1200 printer. Lyson and Luminos have told us that these inks should be available sometime between mid November and late November -- but don't hold your breath, as they had originally given us several other earlier dates that have since past! However, we do have in stock the MIS Archival ink cartridges for the Epson Stylus Photo 1200 and the Epson Stylus Color 900. The MIS Archival inks are a dye-pigment hybrid. Pigmented inks are inherently light-fast and resistant to chemical reactions, even with coated papers. Our initial tests show that just by using the Epson printer driver color "sliders" one can get about 90% color gamut of the Epson OEM inks on some media, and up to 95% when properly profiled. Pigmented inks do not always perform as well as dye-based inks on some media. However, the color gamut of this inkset is surprisingly good and is closer to the Epson OEM inks in their "right-out-of-the-box" performance than many other "archival" type inks. This inkset is recommended for persons who have less inkjet printing experience or who do not want to profile their printer and inkset for each paper (via software i.e. Monaco E-Z Color); or who do not wish to purchase custom printer/media profiles (about $50 per media profile) -- although the use of these profiles are recommended for best results. Some people may be concerned that a pigmented ink will clog their print heads. MIS Archival ink will not clog the Epson printers. The maximum particle size in the pigments is 0.19 microns and the Epson print head nozzles are 25 microns plus or minus 5 microns. The ink is filtered to 0.45 microns and does not cause clogging. It stays in suspension. It is rare for an Epson print head to clog, and 99% of the so called clogs are air/foam related problems. Since the inkset was introduced it in October of 1998, there have been no reports of clogging. Go to: http://www.inkjetart.com/archival_inks/mis_inks.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Send your comments to Royce Bair royce@inkjetart.com. You can also receive free consultation on our free consulting line at http://www.inkjetart.com/advice.html. To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, visit http://www.inkjetart.com/news.html Royce Bair, Editor royce@inkjetart.com Inkjet Solutions for Photo-realistic & Archival Fine Art Printing http://www.inkjetart.com/ The Stock Solution 307 W. 200 S., #1003 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Phone: 801-256-0360 Fax: 801-256-0369