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A Note on Optical Brighteners

A Note on Optical Brighteners

2002-04-09 by Martin Wesley

While Optical Brightening Agents will fade out with time and likely fade to
yellow, we should remember that all the big name silver fiber papers use
them too. So if we generally consider these silver papers to be archival, I
wouldn't rule out an inkjet paper just on the basis of OBA's alone.

Given the lower Dmax of inkjet we can use all the help we can get to expand
the range of the papers at the other end. Eclipse Satin is a good example.

While sunlight exposure is a good test of the relative performance of inks
and papers I really don't expect my work to be displayed in direct sunlight.
I would consider that to void the warentee of either my silver or ink
prints.

Martin

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