Digital BW, The Print

Duane,

>it would be reassuring to think my prints might at least outlast my 
>children's lives.

Yup. Would be nice.  But pure carbon ink and 100% cotton paper won't
mean much if in 50 years or so your great-grandchild slams the door
hard enough to rattle the wall and the coating dissolves into a pile
of powder at the bottom of the frame.  

On the other hand, if that starts happening the word will get around
and folks will re-photograph and print anything they want to preserve,
just as we do today with real old stuff.  But when it comes to
valuable original prints by famous artists...could mean some real
unhappy folks down the line.

All speculation of course...we just don't know much.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm