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Aardenburg-imaging Research programme now FREE!
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I just got the following great news. Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart, Director of the ink longevity research programme at http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/news.html has just announced that the subscription fees to the website are being dropped, making all the research available to everyone for free. I’ve been a member since the very early days, and found in invaluable as a printer in selecting (or ignoring) third party inks for use in my printers.
I’m actually in the proud position of having the WORST EVER performing sample in that programme. An Ink I played around with in the early days was a dye ink called “Signal”. I got one batch, 600ml cost me $10 which seemed ridiculously cheap. Well, the results matched the price. Only good for a few months before visible fading and colour shifting kicks in. Once I saw the results coming out of Aardenburg-Imaging, I quickly switched back to Claria (I was on a dye printer at the time) which was showing much better results.
I eventually got and Epson R2880, and as a result of this research, I settled on Inkjetfly inks, as they have longevity and colour gamut approaching that of OEM inks for a fraction of the price. I’m printing all of my on photos now (and also for some friends), and we’re very happy with the results. Have a look at the website, and take a look at the longevity test results.
It’s invaluable for home printers that are venturing into the third party ink arena.
Rgds,
Dave.
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