tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post4076737041762820640..comments2024-02-12T03:21:03.402-08:00Comments on Ron Martinsen's Photography Blog: Canon Lucia EX Professional Printer inks tackle the rain – and SURVIVE!ronmartblog.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815090271742112506noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-13109502576602460762015-04-30T05:22:22.909-07:002015-04-30T05:22:22.909-07:00Cool!! Thanks for sharing! Good to know just in ca...Cool!! Thanks for sharing! Good to know just in case of a crazy storm and a leaky print sleeve. We can all relax! Darlene Deffeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559022100533180717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-61799276819592172132013-04-22T01:46:17.222-07:002013-04-22T01:46:17.222-07:00I printed some posters for a local pub using the i...I printed some posters for a local pub using the iPF6300,they put them outside, unprotected just stapled to a board. 3 months later the paper (Canon 190gsm photo glossy) was a little cockled but the images were as sharp and colourful as the day they were printed. Through rain and shine they survived...brilliant! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-84633840053299407962012-01-08T20:30:34.215-08:002012-01-08T20:30:34.215-08:00Awesome information on the LUCIA ink durability. I...Awesome information on the LUCIA ink durability. I preach it all day long, but it is nice to have a real-world perspective.<br /><br />I hope you don't mind, but I'm linking one of my articles to this one.<br /><br />Keep it up!Kevin Vaughanhttp://www.tavco.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-85225029710970337932010-10-12T07:39:00.228-07:002010-10-12T07:39:00.228-07:00I believe what you are experiencing has very littl...I believe what you are experiencing has very little if anything to do with being specific to Canon Lucia EX inks. Any modern inkjet printer on the market today using pigmented inks can withstand all the washing/soaking in water until the paper fibers fall apart. The key here is that this is particular to pigment not dye based inks. The pigments are suspended in a solvent the evaporates and leaving the pigments to "stain" the inkjet coating and/or paper fibers.<br /><br />The inks I use with the Canon IPF5000 resist water baths without harm on many of the papers I have tested. If you have had issues with pigmented inks running after getting wet then the ink has not had time to properly dry or the paper used has a very poor inkjet receptive coating.<br /> <br />People like Dan Burkholder have been using Epson K3 inks and are doing alternative wet darkroom processes on top of inkjet prints for at least 5 years or more. These processes require coating a light sensitive photographic emulsion over the inkjet print and then developing in chemicals such as potassium oxalate, ammonium citrate, citric acid, Di and Tetra EDTA, and finally soaked in trays of running water for 30 minutes or more.David Pitcherhttp://blog.davidpitcherphoto.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-21580320377035017052010-10-10T21:24:52.796-07:002010-10-10T21:24:52.796-07:00Hi Michael,
I'll try to do that. We've go...Hi Michael,<br /><br />I'll try to do that. We've got a stretch of dry weather predicted in the Seattle area (believe it or not), so it may be a week or so before I get a chance to try it out.<br /><br />Hum, maybe it's time for the sun test .ronmartblog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815090271742112506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-35389562434657209012010-10-10T12:50:02.773-07:002010-10-10T12:50:02.773-07:00Wow! That's incredible. Thanks so much for sh...Wow! That's incredible. Thanks so much for sharing this little experiment. I don't suppose you're tempted to run a similar experiment with the Epson inks? You know, just for thoroughness and all!Michael Houldenhttp://Www.Houlden.canoreply@blogger.com