Digital BW, The Print

Depends on storage conditions.  Like ordinary photo paper they are not acid
free and they also contain optical brighteners.  My guess is that if they
are stored in the light conditions they will start to yellow very quickly.
Several weeks in direct sun will do this.

If you want prints to last they need to by printed on acid free 100% rag
paper.  If you don't want them to yellow, then you should also avoid optical
brighteners.

This was true for traditional photo processes as well.  Ultimately, the
longevity of a print is only as good as the paper that it is printed on.

Robert


On 4/9/02 8:06 AM, "Harrison McClary" <harrison@...> wrote:

> By not archival, does anyone have any idea of how long they should
> last?  Have any tests been done on them?
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>> Message: 18
>>    Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 19:24:46 -0700
>>    From: Robert Morrison <rmorrison@...>
>> Subject: Re: Re:Color life paper and MIS inks
>> 
>> On 4/8/02 7:10 PM, "Harrison McClary" <harrison@...> wrote:
>> 
>> You should give the other papers I mentioned below a try...they leave the
>> Colorlife paper in the dust.  Just remember that any of these gloss papers
>> are not archival...like many of the matte papers we talk about.

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