Digital BW, The Print

Hello Djon43,

>Where do archival tests fit in? Nowhere IMO. No value at all. 

For me a valid requirement is acid free.  EEM is not acid free, so at
some period, 5, 10, 20 years, whatever, an EEM print will likely
develop those yellow-brown acid spots so common on old photos and
documents.  

Kayenta (bless it's discontinued soul, I mourn it's loss) is acid
free.  I think that's a significant difference.

I agree about EEM.  It's change is short lived and it's quite fade
resistant.  But it's not pretty, rather dirty looking, after the
change, and acidic.  So I would never gift or sell a print on it.

Regards,
Clayton


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