Originally Posted by
Ken Lee
I just sent $20.
Originally Posted by
Sal Santamaura
Way to go Ken!
Thanks to Ken and others who responded to AI&A's appeal, its test of the new ink set can now begin. A burst of donations brought the total to $145 more than needed for ordering a printer and initial media. Mark McCormick-Goodhart wrote this yesterday morning about how the process will proceed:
"...I will be starting round two of the funding effort (applying the excess funds from round 1) in order to expand the number of media that we will ultimately be able to test. For now, I'm going to start with two media, namely Hanemuhle Photo Rag Pearl, and Epson Exhibition WaterColor Paper. HNphPearl is a luster type non RC paper (one of my favorites I keep in stock) that will use the PK black, while EEW is a relatively recently introduced fine art matt paper with some "mould made" texture that will invoke the MK black. I have never tested it before, so I thought it would be a good pick. Both papers are OBA-free, so we should get a better handle on the ink/ink receptor coating performance without confounding the result with OBA burnout problems. I will pair the two samples made on the P600 side-by-side two samples with same paper batch but printed on an an Epson 3880. Although the initial sample size in test will be small until I can build up more funds for testing additional media, this paired-comparison testing approach should begin to reveal by about mid summer whether the new UltraChrome HD ink set substantially outperforms the older K3 ink set with respect to light fade resistance..."
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