Epson Colorlife paper was designed specifically to deal with a problem
they had several years ago with a very fugitive light cyan ink that
tended to fade rapidly under certain environmental conditions, like high
ozone levels, with their normal papers, which were microporus.
The Colorlife paper was a swellable polymer paper which intermingled the
ink into the polymer to help keep it from fading as the other paper did.
The inks, although not as stable as the pigment type, have improved
quite a bit, and so the colorlife swellable polymer paper isn't needed
and more.
If you are stuck on swellable polymer papers, Ilford makes one called
Ilford Classic, and HP makes several inkjet papers using that
technology. However, I would suggest you instead consider going to a
microporus paper, which is made by both Epson and others for dye inks.
The problem with swellable polymer papers, BTW, are they are prone to
fingerprints and are damaged by any moisture.
Art
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