Digital BW, The Print

mh@... wrote:

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> As far as I have been told by many people,  ALL epson papers have acid except for the
> Fine Art Smooth (and rough) made by Crane.

The above is correct. The reason that they are changing the name of Epson Archival Matte paper is that there
were legal ramifications to using the name 'archival'....and that paper is not.

The only papers that can be considered stable over the long run are all rag (not wood pulp) and without
optical brighteners.  That leaves Museo, the aforementioned SFA (made by Crane for Epson) and one other paper
made by Hawk Mountain (sorry, I'm not sure which one).

Finally, I think it is accepted that the 200 year claim of permanence by Epson is more market and wishful
thinking than reality.

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC




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>
> Epson watercolor will probably be one of the first to go bad down the line (in years) and
> should not be used for any prints that you are selling.
>
> -mikeH
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > >... heat mounted Piezo or MIS work ...
> >
> > >>but I have a Generations color on Epson
> > >>Photo Quality Ink Jet paper that was dry mounted.
> >
> > >...That paper is really acidic, I think.
> >
> > No, I think it is acid free -- Once again showing the lack of correlation if
> > not reverse correlation between being "acid free" and having good image
> > permanence.  I'll bet the bottom line is that cheap buffering that fools the
> > pens just doesn't get at the real problem.
> >
> > Paul








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