Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not up on current ink technology and no longer spend much time with printers or pressmen (used to spend a few hours a week press proofing projects) In my opinion reasonably dark storage of blurb books and 4x6 color prints should be fine for a good long time And yes the paper is an issue yet, again, with storage on a book shelf will probably do well for a reasonably long time. Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Dec 12, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > George, > > Do you know if the HP inks are non-destructive? If so, it would > seem that a > book is essentially in "dark storage" for most all of its life, and > should > be resistant to fading. Of course, the paper may be another story. > > Ken > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- >> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lottermoser >> George >> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:43 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Archival 4x6 Prints? >> >> Blurb books and most 4 color printing >> is not "archival" >> The lay of ink is thin and sparse. >> Put a blurb book (or magazine or) >> in the sun >> and another >> in a drawer >> check back in a few months >> >> Fond regards, >> George >> >> george@imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> On Dec 12, 2008, at 12:06 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> I've been searching the internet for 20 minutes and have not found >>> anything >>> about the Blurb book paper being archival. >>> >>> >>> >>> mark@rabinergroup.com >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:01:12 -0800 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Archival 4x6 Prints? >>>> >>>> The Hewlett Packard Indigo printers are not inkjet printers, they >>>> are printing >>>> presses. They have rotating drums that get ink on them and then >>>> press the ink >>>> onto a piece of paper. It is genuine offset printing, and the inks >>>> are >>>> printing inks, which more closely resemble pigment than dye. >>>> Electro-ink is >>>> not the same thing that you would put into a Heidelberg press, but >>>> it more >>>> closely resembles that than anything else. >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_Digital_Press >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information