Recent content by nikivan

I purchased the ink in October 2005. Most of the images I print I send away and never see again. Ive initially noticed that some of the prints on Canon Glossy Photo Paper show slight magenta cast, but I was contributing this to metamerism effect. These images are mostly in a grey scale. Recently...

I agree. In this case the faded image did loose most of the gradient grey scale in the middle. I wonder if this is because the test image was partially covered (Ive put a note about this in my post). If you look carefully at the top and bottom of the two images, they are almost identical. It is...

I can check, if this is important. The scan on my monitor (calibrated with spider) looks pretty close to the real pictures.

on30trainman, thanks for your response. Well, it is encouraging that you don't have the problem. Today I've scanned my test images and I am posting them bellow. Both where printed on Fuji paper and scanned with Epson 1240U in a single pass. The top one was behind dual layered window glass and...

Thanks for the advice. I will do that. on30trainman, how is your test with the direct sunlight going? I also placed a test image on a direct sunlight. The window is getting an average 3 hours of afternoon sun. After 3 days I can see visible fading, I don't even need to compare the image to my...

OK, are you saying I should throw away the remaining ink and buy this one. I still have enough quantity for tens of refills. And why the "new" ink should be any better?

I assume it is WC6, the photo cyan bottle, for example, is labeled WC-6PC.

As I promised, here are the scans for the pictures in question. The bottom of both photos where covered (but not air tight) and don't show visible trace of fading. I think such dramatic shift is not acceptable, but I want to hear your comments. This one was printed two weeks ago on Fuji paper...

Even if I know it is aftermarket ink, I was expecting a little more light resistance than two weeks in normal lighting conditions. I remember few years ago there was a big fuss about so called orange shift in Epson 870 and 1270 prints. You sound like an Epson executive from that era. The fact...

I think it is, in fact, a problem with the inks light resistance. I can see that some parts of the photographs that where obscured by an object in front of them did not change (I will see if I can provide some scans). The office is facing north, so the light is not that intense, yet the photos...

The images are in my office, they are not exposed to a direct sunlight, no glass cover. Yes, I do have a picture or two printed with Canon ink on the same paper and have been there for much longer time, yet they don't show any visible fade.

Am I along in this? I have Canon 9000 I was initially very pleased with the ink from Hobbicolors until I recently found that my pictures are fading with incredible rate. I am suing Canon and Fuji paper and both of them show significant fade only after a week or two. Any comments?