1. I am not talking about colour. I am ONLY talking about B&W (silver) with
careful archival processing. Are you saying that inks last as long? If so,
then I'd love to know the details. Paper is paper, inks are inks, silver is
silver.
2. Glass does not normally touch my prints.
Earl
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On 12/9/2003 at 9:10 PM Jeff Keller wrote:
>Good black and white ink jet prints can last as long as the paper. I have
>doubts that the average color photo (film chemistry) is going to last 100
>years without some noticeable color shifts. Glossy photo paper can bond to
>the glass covering the print. There's a lot of things that can unexpectedly
>go wrong in 100 years.
>
>-jeff
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Different way of seeing...
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><snip>
>>Why then do we do wet-darkroom printing? Longevity of the final
>>print is one reason, but the primary reason remains the
>>characteristics of a fine-art print. A high-quality fine-art
>>print will "glow" in ways and have a depth which is nearly
>>impossible to reproduce in digital. I've seen reasonable
>>approximations, though.
>>
>
>This is what I'm getting at. "Reasonable approximations"... I want to see
>one. The glow of a fine optical silver print is my standard. Then we
>could
>talk about platinum and palladium...
>
>And what IS archival in digital terms? The Epson dude told me 80-100
>years.
>Isn't 100 years the MINIMUM with optical wet darkroom? I haven't conducted
>test on any of my prints, but I'd be surprised if the best would go much
>longer than 100 years.
>
>Earl
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