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Best A3 printer with archival ink
Does anybody have any suggestions or opinions about this subject?
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Best A3 printer with archival ink
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... Does anybody have any suggestions or opinions about this subject? For long-term legibility (after centuries, not just decades) surely archival-quality paper is more important than any variety of ink? -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Best A3 printer with archival ink
The Epson Ultrachrome ink printers have good longevity and pretty good
color gamut. If you just need A3, consider the 2880 (about $550)if you need high end photo quality color and black and white. However, if you only require medium quality and a 4 color will do, the Workforce 1100 is a pretty fast and cheap printer (About $150) and uses the Durabrite inks, which are fast drying (and sometimes clog prone as a result) but are rated for 105 years. The results, especially on the proper paper are fairly nice, but certainly not as good as the 2880 which uses Cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, light magenta, and three densities of black ink. Lastly, if you are producing mainly glossy prints and a few black and white, there is the R1900 which is about $400. It uses Cyan, magenta, yellow, red, orange and a gloss coating, plus two types of black, one for glossy, one for matte finishes. It also uses the Ultrachrome (Glossy) inks, which have a good archival nature. All the Epson models are on sale right now with rebates (reflected in the prices I quoted). HP also has some Vivira ink printers which use archival inks, but I don't know a lot about current models and pricing. Art If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste, I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog: http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/ news reader wrote: Does anybody have any suggestions or opinions about this subject? |
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Best A3 printer with archival ink
"news reader" wrote in message
... Does anybody have any suggestions or opinions about this subject? You might take a look at the HP B9180. It uses pigmented ink and is rated by Wilhelm at 250 years under glass or 100 years in normal lighting. See http://www.wilhelm-research.com/hp/P...tProB9180.html for the fade report and here for more details of the B9180: http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/pro...Q5736A%2523ABA Regards, Bob Headrick, Microsoft MVP Printing/Imaging |
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