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OK, do you have evidence that this is a problem, especially with respected, quality papers? I'm always willing to learn something. I just can't imagine that with all the money spent on making such papers that they would overlook the pH of the ink receiving layer, if it was a problem. Cheap...

Adorama in NYC often has great paper deals and good shipping rates. A lot of the Canon papers are steeply discounted right now, and if the order totals $49 or more, free expedited shipping. So, I got a 50 pack of 13"x19" Pro Luster for $37.90, and a 20 count, same size Glossy II for $14.99...

Way too unlikely to be an issue, ever, on any photo paper. This whole thing of "archival" and "acid free" is, for the most part, just marketing and something that you are told to worry about. In the real world? Not so much. Just this morning I was going through a number of old images, ca...

There is no ink to paper contact except on the cheapest papers. These are what the paper trade calls "coated," usually an ultra-fine clay which allows much finer detail. These paper types are everything from card stock to brochure types of papers. "Real" photo papers usually have the paper...

Yes to, and for the reasons given, the first two Canon papers. My third one now is Canon cheap matte, I mentioned elsewhere I got boxes of 50 for $4.50 each. Just got four delivered today, woo hoo. Great for knockabout, "Everyday" day printing with excellent detail. I think way too much has...

Excellent points that I hadn't processed. Thanks. I don't think that a high price and more profit would justify selling it to pigment ink users unless it worked. Meaning, at the least, maybe not dye ink quality, but lack of problems like puddling. As you pointed out, it's probably a waste...

Gas fading was why swellable polymer papers were the right choice for dye inks. Oh, wait, not so many years ago, they were the ONLY photo papers available! The ink would penetrate the gel molecules, making it a more complex molecule for the ozone, etc. to work on. That's my understanding...

Yes, the introduction of the improved ink should be one of those Harvard Business School studies. A much better ink with almost exactly the same name. Doh? Use it in only non-professional printers. (I think.) Wait seven years to finally do that. And what about simply supplying the new inks...

Thanks, Harvey. It's the incorrigible amateur scientist in me. I should have mentioned that the gas fading test from Canon is NOT behind glass, it seems. So, that's open and naked. Since it's "100X accelerated" with high levels of ozone, nitrous and sulfur gases, I presume in the dark, no UV.

A few weeks ago I posted the results of CLI-8 vs CLI-42 fading test. The latter was far superior, 2X or more, in resisting both UV and behind opaque, but gas mobile mask. Now, I've taken down a few other sheets that have been in the Florida sun for four or five weeks. All are on Canon paper...

Excellent points that I hadn't processed. Thanks. I wonder how many Canon pigment printers buy this product? It must work OK, but as you say, without the benefits it was designed to give. It IS listed as compatible with the PRO-1, 10, and 9500 printers. Go figure. HP still produces the...

Geez, stop freaking out and let intelligent people figure the best course of action. Don't use aromatics in a small closet w/o a respirator whilst smoking a good cigar. "Real" classic paint remover was heavy on methyl ethyl ketone. MEK. Can curl the toes of a mummy. I think that Goof Off...

Some people bungee jump, some people don't.

Well, it's not Canon offering 50% off, it's just the intertube marketplace. eBay, Amazon, whatever. Don't forget, Canon does no differentiation between their dye inks printers and their pigment printers, insofar as appropriate papers. Presumably Canon believes this paper is equally or more...

As has been mentioned, but anyway will once again, my two biggest "tricks" to prevent disaster are: Put the bottle in the sink and keep it their while uncapped, and 2) when doing anything cyan or magenta read your bottle three times to make sure you aren't mixing up "Photo" with, well, "Not Photo."

Look for grafitti remover. A less radical paint remover, as it were.

Amazon has 13x19" Canon Platinum Pro PT-101. pack of 10 sheets for $17.45. Eligible for free shipping. It's the old packaging if you can live with that! Next lowest price is at least double. But you would get the new black box...

Update on Warm Baryta: After only about a week in a sleeve, serious loss of Dmax. Very puzzling, of course. My only theory is that not being microporous or swellable gel, the dye ink went deeper and deeper, leaving less on the surface. Obviously pigment inks hang out on the surface...

Sorry, nothing at all to do with profiles, especially with making the paper warm rather minimally. That's the point of warm tone papers, in a way. Take an image you like, and print it. Obviously the Dmin will never be the same as "pure" white, but we are talking differences of a few digits...

So I was running test prints on the papers I have to use as samples of what is available. I took a great B&W 1945 portrait of my mother (No wonder my father ditched another woman for her!) and printed it onto Inkpress Warm Baryta. The results were stunning! (I noted this in my thread asking...