Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, I actually wrote that paragraph. And my answer is that there is nothing available for low and medium cost printers, that is archival. Even with hi-end ink-on-paper printing, the longevity, compared with good darkroom materials, is abysmal. Jim At 06:19 PM 2/7/99 -0500, you wrote: >B.D., > >So what is the answer for archival short of the dark room? AGFA 15K film >printers? What is out there for the photodigitalist that gives longevity? > >Steve > >"B. D. Colen" wrote: > >"...But remember, they are far from >archival. Dye sublimation has some ability to last. Ordinary ink jet output >is pathetic for longevity. There are sprays that help. But two years from >now, that digital print you hung on the wall will be gone. That B&W or >color "darkroom" print you made will still be an infant in it's archival." >