Digital BW, The Print

Interesting article thanks for sharing it.. Your right everyone will have their own opinion.. What I can tell you is that within museum conservators you will find varied opinions.. I went thru this with Gator board and similar materials some years ago.. I will try a few searches to see what I can come up with relative to aluminum. What I learned with gator board was that a proper barrier was necessary between the image and the board.. So in the tests that Queens University did it is certainly a valid test but tests typically raise more questions or what if's?? The first that comes to mind is the bonding tissue used.. Is it a valid archival barrier and bonding agent. Regarding the fact that the Premium Luster failed quicker or had more negative effects then a cotton material doesn't surprise me at all. 
This is a pretty good group and you have a pretty good topic here.. hopefully a few can offer some insights.. 

jimbo
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  From: ben@... 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 9:52 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Best way to mount prints


    
  Hi,




  I recently found this 'scientifical' document about the long-term effects of mounting digital ink jet prints to Aluminum and Dibond supports.


  I wonder if the traditional setup print+passepartout behind glass is better or not.


  I talked with several people about it, but everyone seems to have his/her opinion.


  Can I find somewhere good research results about this?


  This is the doc I talked about in the beginning: http://www.queensu.ca/art/artconservation/research/projectsMAC/TessaThomas.pdf


  Thank you,


  Ben A.
  Belgium

  
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