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From my experience with our Epson printer the price is about the same at $.19 per 4x6. With the durabrite inks they are supposedly guaranteed not to fade for 100 years. Independent tests seem to confirm this. Epson and Canon use pigments in thier ink so they are permanent. I have run pictures under water with no ill effects at all except I was a little rough on the paper with a paper towel when I dried them off. There was a good article on CNET.com a while back onthe different inks. I have some that are years old and do not appear to have changed.