Digital BW, The Print

Ricardo,

Thanks for the review of the papers.

With respect to LPM, the one thing that I've noticed in my fade testing is
that it yellows more than most -- almost twice as much as Epson Archival
Matte.

The yellowing is generally believed to be the brighteners burning out with
the UV light exposure.  Many believe that brighteners reduce the archival
characteristics of the paper and negatively affect the image permanence.

In my fade testing I'm not sure I see any correlation between the
brighteners and fading, but I can't test paper archival keeping.  (And, I
don't put much faith in the pH pens.)

In my fluorescent light fade tests -- hardly exhaustive or particularly
sophisticated -- LPM did reasonably well, but not quite as good as EAM,
especially in the dark tones.

Eclipse is a paper I'm now leaning toward for long-term keeping
characteristics.  Of the limited sample of papers I've tested (those that
have been highlighted as favorites on this list), it's the only one that,
overall, did a little better than EAM.  It has brighteners, but not as much
as EAM.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com


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 ricardo wrote:

The literature from Legion says:

Legion Photo Matte
100% alpha cellulose (sulphite paper)
pH: Neutral / Archival
Brightness: >90

i couldn't find any data on the longevity of pigmented dye inks on this
paper though

same for PE-T .. its pH neutral / Archival ... dont know how that translates
to longevity with MIS inks though..