Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul 
Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote:

<a heck of a lot ot pertinent data snipped>

> I hate to say it, but the Abbey acid test pen makes just as
> yellow (acidic) marks on the back of the old fiber prints as it 
>does on Epson Enhanced Matte.


Oy, my head hurts...since EEM is my b/w mainstay paper (with 
HWM for proofing), this is news.  Perhaps I can shed a bit of my 
inferiority complex now?  (EEM, together with Lyson Quad Black 
Neutral, gives me the best tonal balance to my eye under 
different lighting sources).  Here in inkjet-land, we have this 
ongoing tug-o-war between Looks Better and Lasts Longer;  in 
the wet-darkroom world it seems as if peace has been made 
with paper which, "on paper" (groan) ain't nth-degree archival, 
but seems up to snuff for esteemed and well-monied museum 
and private collections

 
> I wonder if an EEM print with a buffer sprayed on the back or 
> mounted on buffered board would last as long as an Ansel
> Adams print?  It now seems like a much closer question than I 
> would have guessed.


I like this idea enough to want to adopt it as part of my workflow.


- Barrett