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Originally Posted by Tom Swaman
I recommend against any printer using dye-based inks today due to their stability issues. If you have a question about this, just take a dye-based ink print on a good photo paper and cover up a portion of this, sit it in a window and come back 1 month to 3 months later and take a good look. No, I do not believe that most dye-based inks are even close to being stable for extended periods of time unless you keep the photo in the dark, low humidity and low temperature.
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What do you think would happen to a color photo created by an RGB laser digital printer if you were to leave it in direct sunlight for three months with no glass in front of it to protect it from UV radiation?
If you leave any image in direct sunlight, you'll lose color.
If one wants to avoid the dyes in a giclee printer in order to minimize fading, we're talking about the difference between spending about a thousand dollars (for a REALLY good jet printer) or less (for a pretty good one), and spending THOUSANDS of dollars for a laser RGB printer which costs megabucks.