Digital BW, The Print

roger wrote:

>At this point I would be wary of making any firm statements of 
permanence concerning ink jet produced prints beyond a simple 
statement that current data suggests that there will be no fading 
for at least XXX years under specified conditions. To some extent 
that is even true of traditional silver halide prints since their 
permanence is largely dependent upon proper archival processing.  I 
have a friend with a couple of prints by Atget that are brown and 
fading. He has been tempted to try and refix them but then decided 
to leave well enough alone. The only claim  I ever made for silver 
gelatin prints was they were archivally processed and mounted and 
matted on acid free board.<

even the Masters paintings and prints were affected by these same things
(see the entire email from roger)   ask any museum conservator!  so
roger's suggestion is very wise    there are some things that no matter
how hard we work or how loudly we scream, we have little final control
over     that is life and as i see it, the beauty of it   lessons   and
the "do-your-own-homework" messages     and have some joy as you do it
or why do it?    please don't bump me off   jwp/jno