Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Richard Sintchak <richard@c...> 
wrote:
> Thursday, August 29, 2002, 10:02:09 PM, Martin Wesley wrote:
> 
> MW> Carl,
> 
> MW> John Paul Caponigro gave the following values in his review of the
> MW> Ultrachrome in the Sept./Oct. issue of Photo Techniques:
> 
> MW> Preliminary Henry Wilhelm "longevity ratings" in 7-color mode:
> 
> MW> Premium Glossy Photo Paper - 90+ years
> MW> Somerset Velvet for Epson - 80+ years
> MW> Premium Luster Photo Paper - 50+ years
> MW> Premium Semimatte Photo Paper - 40+ years
> MW> Enhanced Matte Paper - 30+ years
> 
> MW> I gather the "+" signs indicate that testing is still in progress.
> 
> 
> I thought in general Glossy papers were less "archival" than the Matte
> papers?  Seems opposite here though.
There are some very different numbers for longevity on the Epson Australia 
web site: http://www.epson.com.au/misc/2100_ed_popup.html
Problem is I don't know which are correct - if any.