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Re: Help requested in remembering a past subject . .

2007-10-14 by the_des_bois

Paul,

Sounds like a nice project. I'd like to get the link to buy one, if it
is available to the public. 

Thanks,

Denis Bouchard

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lulalake_1999"
<lulalake_1999@...> wrote:
>
> 
> > 
> > The Epson Bright White plain paper has OBAs in it.  They will fade
> > relatively quickly and giving the impression that the paper is 
> yellowing.
> > I'm not sure what the paper tone will be after they've faded away.  
> An
> > un-brightened -- no OBA -- paper like Epson Premier Art (205) 
> Scrapbook
> > (about $0.65 per page at Atlex.com) will start out a bit creamier, 
> but it'll
> > not yellow at all.  Epson claims this is their most archival 
> paper.  
> > 
> > In the Wilhelm tests where he says, "More than" X years, it may be 
> that the
> > apparently higher rated bright white plain paper has just been 
> tested for a
> > longer period due to, for example, the need to satisfy some large
> > archivally-sensitive buyer (like a government purchasing office -- 
> just
> > speculation). 
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Thanks much for the thoughts. I'm doing (it's done actually) a 
> calendar through Lulu for my new IR group, various photographers, and 
> am very pleased with the results . . however . . Lulu doesn't print a 
> back page so I need to print a sheet with a who-done-what and glue it 
> on.
> 
> I found some acid free adhesive and am trying to come somewhere near 
> the color, slightly bluish white, of the paper stock so I'm 
> considering Epson Watercolor paper, and the scrapbook paper also.
> 
> It will pump the price of the calendar but as long as I break even 
> it'll be OK as this is personally a learning project, and a pretty 
> fun one at that.
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Jules
>

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