Towards the end of last year I bought a batch of inkjet paper from a company I'd not heard of before - MIR-AUS. My initial response was most favourable - the gloss paper is a heavy stock (260gsm) and produces exceptional clarity and colour results. Plus it's the cheapest paper I could find at the time - at about $1 for an A3 sheet (if you buy a pack of 50). A bargain! But like all things that look like too cheap to be true, I was suspicious that the strength of the image wouldn't last without fading noticeably over time.
My test is simple: print an image and mask half of it using, in my case, thick white mounting card clamped across half of the print, and leave it in full light. It's been in the window of my office since November 17, 2023.
This is what it looks like after 4.5 months in (mostly) full sun. I find it very hard to actually see a fade difference between the shaded section (left half) and the half that's been in full light. Not the best photo to use as a definitive guide on the product perhaps but it's an indication, to me at least, that, to have survived so well in relentless light conditions, this is a quality inkjet paper. I shall add more test prints and put them back into full light for further testing - then reveal the results in another four to six months. Watch this space...
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