Dye Ink Longevity in wedding albums

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Aardenburg is the most authoratative resource for longevity.  If you go to http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AaI_20080716_SN007Lf.pdf you will see for yourself the results of HP dye inks.  The HP 57 is a tri-color yellow/cyan/magenta cart. The sample  also has some grey and black.

The result I refer to is at 30 megalux hours, which, at typical indoor display lighting, is 30 years.  The paper for that test is not a swellable type.
No protective coating was applied.  To me this sample seems OK for consumer prints such as weddings. The paper used may be a critical factor, but it is a current product.

[Ernst Dinkla]

Aardenburg is the most authoratative resource for longevity.  If you go to http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AaI_20080716_SN007Lf.pdf you will see for yourself the results of HP dye inks.  The HP 57 is a tri-color yellow/cyan/magenta cart. The sample  also has some grey and black.

The result I refer to is at 30 megalux hours, which, at typical indoor display lighting, is 30 years.  The paper for that test is not a swellable type.
No protective coating was applied.  To me this sample seems OK for consumer prints such as weddings. The paper used may be a critical factor, but it is a current product.

Is that the ink used in the HP D5800 printer mentioned in this thread?

All in all I am not advocating that print longevity is important for every commercial job, but wedding photos were an important topic in Henry Wilhelm's book on color prints fading. Customers seem to find their longevity important too, maybe not today but after some decades.


Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst

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