martin0reg
Printer Master
Thank you for testing, well done and very useful, because with 3rd party ink you never know ... especially regarding fading....
Conclusion: original Epson Claria Photographic ink still rules in terms of fade resistance. As expected pigment ink is very fade resistant. Inkowl is quite good, but still has some fading. OCP Claria compatible dye refill ink is quite disappointing indeed: fading of this ink is just unacceptable.
The strangest surprise in the Coralgraph ink: despite the slight fading the prints after 6 months of fading is remarkedly good.
I will put coralgraph on my list and cancel OCP - and I am curious how IS ink would have come out here, more like coralgraph or like OCP...?!
In this test of canon dye the best 3rd party ink was "peach" but sadly they sell only carts no bulk ink:
http://www.druckerchannel.de/artikel.php?ID=3338&seite=9&t=die_lichtbestaendigkeit