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RE: [Digital BW] Longevity & Archival (was Septones LONG)

2003-08-27 by Tim Atherton

> It is going to require a paradigm (finally got to use that word!)
> shift for
> digital printmakers to re-adopt the standards of the 60s & 70s, when being
> archival was essentially more important than having great light stability
> (longevity).

Of course, it should (?) go without saying that you are most likely going to
give your prints - inkjet or silver - a good chance of surviving longer if
they are stored in as close to standard archival conditions as you can get -
dark storage, constant moderate temperature and humidity, (with no or low
cycling of the former), acid free folders, away from inks and labels etc.

You can get good basic information on this, probably some online I think,
from the Canadian Conservation Institute, RIT, George Eastman House etc.

tim

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