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But I've made bumper stickers on the Stylus Photo 2200 which have lasted longer than a month (2 months and counting and no fading yet, the black looks very black and the colors are still saturated) and the car sits outside all day long, exposed to direct bright sunlight and rain... I've read that other people using dye-based printers have their bumper stickers fade out as little as 2 weeks.

The HP 1220C ink was rated at 25 years under the conditions you've said and it does not use pigment-based inks. I've made posters I've hanging in the living room, under acrylic (not glass), and does get exposed to indirect sunlight (the window is on the east side and the poster is almost perpendicular but the sun still hits it). 3 years and counting, it has not faded at all. I can no longer tell since my 1220C died on me :grr: and can't print new samples to test from. I should re-print them on the new 2200 printer as I know they'll last...