The Truth About ET-8550 Print Longevity & Fading

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• FI

  @fintux · 2 years ago

  I just bough the 8550, based a lot on your videos, Keith. I thought it is enough for my current needs, and I thought I can print cheaply and have maybe my favorites done in a print shop to have them last a bit longer time. But looks like framing under a glass will be meeting and exceeding what I thought I would like to have. Thank you for this information (and obviously the vast amount of other information you've shared in your other videos and web pages)!

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• BR

  @brightboxstudio · 2 years ago

  I started with some of the earliest Epson photo printers 25+ years ago (as I think you also did), when fading and metamerism were major problems. We are at a wonderful point today, where we don’t even need to be too concerned about dye inks as long we display or store the prints in a protected way.<br><br>Home inkjet printing today is not only largely free of the problems that plagued early inkjets, but can also be more stable than affordable chemical prints as you showed with the faded snapshots. It’s a really great time to want to print your own photos. We can simply print, and enjoy.

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• CA

  @catredmondartandsoul · 1 year ago

  You always come through with the most useful information. I was searching for this everywhere!

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• RA

  @RAS-pz3st · 2 years ago

  Fantastic video, from an Epson 8550 owner aged 66!

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• JE

  @JesseBassPhotography · 2 years ago

  Thanks for doing this video. &nbsp;New to printing so to speak, but in photography for 20 years. &nbsp;I just bought the epson 8550 to print 13x19 mat those and sell them. &nbsp;Im only charging $50 for a print and the matting. &nbsp;Im 54 years old. &nbsp;I think I&apos;ll be dead and gone before the print fades. &nbsp;Everyone Ive sold them to so far has them under glass. &nbsp;This makes me happier to see now. &nbsp;Great printer and a cheaper route on the inks!!

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• BO

  @bodaciouschad · 5 months ago

  Sir, thank you for sharing your expertise.

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• NI

  @nimhla · 2 years ago

  Thanks for the information, Keith! I wish you a lovely day.

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• AZ

  @AZJack · 2 years ago

  Thank you, Keith, for looking into this.

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• JA

  @jamesmgreen15 · 2 years ago

  Thanks, Keith. &nbsp;You are not much older than me, so some good advice for me. &nbsp;I was sorry to hear about your father in the last. It&apos;s tough to say bye even if it&apos;s the right way around (from experience). &nbsp;Hope that was OK to say. &nbsp;Thanks again for your valuable advice.

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• PA

  @paulmaschak5267 · 2 years ago

  Thank you so so much Keith!! This has been a concern forefront in my mind considering whether to go for the 8550 as it is on a heavy sale discount right now here in USA. You have eased my mind with research.

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• TU

  @tundrusphoto4312 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for this.

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• PH

  @phildarcy7647 · 1 year ago

  Very pleasing read. I feel confident I can use prints in my home 👍😊😊

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