Colour printing on HP Printer - need advice

[tim]

Can't figure this one.

Prints from an HP All-in-One PSC 2355 printer on 165gsm Inkjet Photo Paper fade in a month or so in normal room light.

Others done on bog standard 80gsm Copy Paper last many months. Why, please?

And while on the subject - bought a very expensive pack of HP Premium Plus paper - lab quality photos that resist fading over 100 years. Silly me - should have known from my 30 years in Fine Art printing - read the small print with select HP Vivera Inks!!

Live & learn.

[tim]

[woppa30]

Strange one Tim, are you using genuine HP inks in the HP printer?
I have a PSC2510 and have done for about 5 years now, must say its quality is fantastic and more than happy with it, including the photo printing.

[tim]

Thanks for replying.  Yes - 'genuine'!

Here's an example - the good ones are on copy paper - the faded one on the real stuff!!

Doesn't make sense?

[Barnowl]

I think it's inks that fade, not the paper. Some higher quality inks need higher quality paper but that is to prevent smudging not for fade resistance.

The better paper is more resistant to changing colour / going brown etc, but probably the more important aspect is that you get less 'bleeding' of the ink dots and therefore a sharper / truer picture.