Digital BW, The Print

On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Roger wrote:

> Thanks.  Another poster replied off-list:
>
> "The paper base deteriorates before the OEM inks change.  The RC paper
> bases are not archival.  The plastic coatings will peel from the paper
> base with the ink on the coating.

So then the Wilhelm tests only show what happens to the inks and the  
coating and reflect very little about the paper itself? If that is  
true, then a very important piece of the archival issue is missing  
from the reports.

Jim