Digital BW, The Print

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> From: Joe Davajon [mailto:davajon@...] 
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> Price: $32.28 out the door.  I couldn't see any Satin which I prefer.

For how many sheets of what size?

> First: The 890.  Prints are excellent!

Please try some Black Only and see if there is a tendency toward warm or
cool tone.   Kodak inkjet papers have always been a little too cool for
my liking in the past.

> concern however, is that Kodak states that a fade rate of 30% 
> over the life of 
> the print is acceptable.  At least one person in this group 
> strongly feels that 
> 30% is not acceptable.  My question to the group is this:  if 
> the print will fade 
> 30% in 100 years hanging on your refrigerator, what would the 
> fade rate be if 
> the same print were protected in an archival album or mounted 
> on museum 
> board behind glass which protects from UV?

I don't think you can extrapolate that information from that 100 year
rating.  To me, the more important question would be WHEN does the 30%
fade happen?  If it happens linearly, and over the 100 year span that's
not too bad, that's only 10% every 33 years.  But, I can well imagine it
might not happen that way, and it might fade 30% fairly quickly and then
stabilize.  To me, that would NOT be OK.  I guess we need some testing
done here.

Thanks for the review.

Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com