Digital BW, The Print

Hi Clayton.

If any c-print color portraits of a decade or two ago haven't gone
green under those conditions you should be very good to go.

Most church gallerys I've seen of late could substitute for the old
roundabouts in a 30 year old color lab:))

Regards
Duane



> 
> My concern goes beyond my own lifetime. I'm not so worried that I have
> to answer for it, but that the customer has a print that lasts.  For
> years I've done lots of portrait work, and many families treasure them
> and want to pass them on to later generations.  Just recently I did a
> portrait of the pastor of our church who is leaving, and it went up on
> the wall in the library with portraits of others going back to 1886. 
> That photo will be there indefinitely, and the room has a skylight. 
> The pics don't get direct sunlight, but there is fairly bright
> daylight all day and I assume there's a significant UV component.  I
> made sure it was framed with UV glass.
> 
> The image didn't work well with BO so I used the modified UT7 I've
> been working on, which has eliminated much of the non-carbon toners. 
> So it's the best I could do right now.  I just hope there isn't a
> problem years down the road.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm