{"id":23400,"date":"2013-06-10T09:25:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T16:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=23400"},"modified":"2014-11-19T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T00:02:24","slug":"printing-paper-for-the-hp-designjet-3090130-part-iv-fade-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2013\/06\/10\/printing-paper-for-the-hp-designjet-3090130-part-iv-fade-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Printing Paper for the HP DesignJet 30\/90\/130 – Part IV – Fade tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Very disappointing.<\/i><\/p>\n

It has now been three months since I started fade tests on six selected Hahnem\u00c3\u00bchle ink jet printing papers, test prints having been made on my HP DesignJet 90 dye ink printer, cut in half with one half exposed to eight hours of bright sun and the other half stored in darkness. Mine is a non-smoking household. I used original HP inks in all cases.<\/p>\n

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\nThree matte and three glossy test strips in the sun.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

I reviewed Hahnem\u00c3\u00bchle glossy printing papers here<\/a> and matte papers here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The results are extremely disappointing and I cannot recommend any of these papers for use with the HP DesighnJet dye ink printers if exposure to strong sun is contemplated.<\/p>\n

Here are the before and after results – it’s obvious which is the ‘before’ and ‘after’ print in all cases:<\/p>\n

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\nBaryta FB Glossy<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nFine Art Baryta Glossy<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nFine Art Pearl Glossy<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nGerman Etching Matte<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nPhoto Rag Bright White Matte<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nPhoto Rag Ultra Smooth Matte<\/i><\/p>\n

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The prints subjected to sun exposure were placed behind a regular domestic window. If mounted behind UV glass they might fare better but, candidly, the results are so poor that I would not waste time or money on any of these papers for use with HP dye inkjet printers.<\/p>\n

Hahnem\u00c3\u00bchle’s statement that their papers are ‘compatible’ with dye inks is at best a vague obfuscation, at worst an outright lie.<\/p>\n

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Use with pigment inks – no better:<\/b> I cannot even recommend these papers for use with pigment inks. Look at the white margins in the above results. It’s even clearer in the originals I am holding in front of me. Without exception, every single margin – where no ink was ever deposited<\/i> – is yellowed, the worst being the three glossy grades, the first three above. If you contemplate buying costly art prints ask which paper was used and if you hear Hahnem\u00c3\u00bchle – run for cover with your check book, regardless whether dye or pigment inks were used.<\/p>\n

I will move on and test other brands when time permits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Very disappointing. It has now been three months since I started fade tests on six selected Hahnem\u00c3\u00bchle ink jet printing papers, test prints having been made on my HP DesignJet 90 dye ink printer, cut in half with one half exposed to eight hours of bright sun and the other half stored in darkness. Mine … Continue reading Printing Paper for the HP DesignJet 30\/90\/130 – Part IV – Fade tests<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-printing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23400"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28452,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23400\/revisions\/28452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}