Digital BW, The Print

Clayton,

> ...
> >[My fade tests] are such that I just don't worry about fading 
> >that much any more.
> 
> You have said this to me before, and it always leaves me with the
> question of how much is "that much"?  Does that mean you worry a
> little bit?  I guess I'm paranoid, but I have a real concern about it.
> It's one of the reasons I stick with Eboni BO ...

I think the UT neutral links would test at well above any of the published
Wilhelm Epson UC or Epson Archival test results.  So, while I think people
can abuse the prints by leaving them in the sun, I think indirect, bright
light would not noticeably fade them for long enough that I'll be dead
before it's a problem.

I suppose if I really believed the "Wilhelm years" I wouldn't worry at all.
However, I don't take them as being all that accurate.  Any accelerated
testing is a guess.  For example, the artificial drying of the pigs by the
bright light might well result in an exaggerated estimate of the display
life.  So, until we have many more years of actual experience with these
pigments, there will be some uncertainty.  The more carbon the better, but
for me that is only as long as it is consistent with the look I like.  For
most prints, medium warm is about as warm as I want to go, and I'm not a
"Tri-X" look type.  So, I need more smoothness that BO can deliver.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com