![]() ![]() SO I needed an new wide format EPSON and decided on the Epson P400. I have always used OEM ink carts from Epson and clearing a clog was EEEEXXXXPPPPEEEENNNSSSIIIVVVEEEE. I used it so much I had to crack its DEATH CODE over 10 times ![]() I think the BEST colored printer I have ever had was my old C88 which now has a clog that will not clear. I have used EPSON Inkjet printers since I bought my first wider format way back in the day the E1430. I am a graphic designer 3D animator and what I call a fabricator. If one regularly protects a print with a spray use a custom profile made after spraying the profile target.įirst off I am NOT a photographer at all. Note also the effect on the red patch color.Ī pretty significant change, especially with the darker brown/oranges. Note in particular the dark skin tone colors and black patches in the lower right corner of the color target. The screenshot shown below shows the results for Premier Print Shield applied to Epson Claria dyes on Epson Premium glossy paper. These changes are subtle enough that some folks may not notice the issue, but discriminating printmakers will catch the changes immediately. The dark colors will lighten and some colors get muddier looking. I recommend them now only for pigmented ink sets where they either cause no changes to the image or slightly enhance it (deepest black pick up a little more richness and better Dmax). The bad news is that all of of the sprays I've tried cause adverse initial color and tonal changes, especially in the darker colors, when applied to dye-based inkjet prints. The acrylic polymer used in Lascaux Fixative has a long and excellent track record in art conservation. Another one I've tried is Lascaux Fixative. They can indeed provide physical and chemical protection. Spray coatings like Premier Print Shield, Moab Desert Varnish, Hahnemuhle Protective Spray, are basically the same product (rebadged by different vendors). Time to replace them with current images. Currently no visual sign of fading with gently afternoon sun.Ī couple from that time NOT under glass seem to have faded slightly but evenly so still appear acceptable. ![]() Went straight to PC inks and still have a few from that era on my walls. I strongly suspect additional environmental conditions when PC Pro 100 inks fade within months or a year. I have no explanation for my apparent good luck with that inkjet. So it seems to be depending on the environment? Not sure but like I said so far I have yet to see any of my prints undergo fading. I it now over two years old and it is unchanged. I also have a PRO-100 / PC ink print done on Red River Palo Duro Soft Rag and it is framed under glass. So I am amazed to hear of all the fading reports by some. I will be doing this final comparison video when I long on a full year of exposure of these prints. Those two prints are facing but no the others including the two that were not sprayed. I was curious about it and so decided to include it. The non sprayed printer have been on a wall facing a window along with the sprayed ones for just over 8 months now and I have to tell you that there is not difference so far among the prints except for a pair I sprayed with an art type fixative. I also made some controls under dark storage and one each luster and matte which were not sprayed. I purposely printed them with the PRO-100 with PC inks. 8 moths the ago I did a test originally for print sprays applied to Canon Pro Luster and Pro Matte. I will be doing some PC inks in that printer soon. I have moved on to a Canon Pro-10 printer which is pigment. Precision colors has a new formulation that I have not had time to test. ![]()
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