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Re : Xerox transfer et al
Hello Andy & Sill,
Try "Wilhelm Imaging Research" at <http://www.wilhelm-research.com/> for
information on stability of dyes. Other usefull information on photographic
conservation in our "photography links" on our homepage.
Greetingsd,
Roger
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>De : Sil Horwitz <silh@earthlink.net>
>À : alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
>Objet : Re: Xerox transfer et al
>Date : Jeu 9 mars 2000 6:41
>
> At 2000/03/08 11:48 PM +0000, Andy Darlow wrote:
>>Why aren't these very permanent? The toners used in color printers are
>>wuite lightfast and the papers are usually acid-free.
>
> No toners or inks used in inkjets are totally lightfast. Even the best have
> lives measured in 5 years or so. To get permanence in computer printers you
> need dye-sub, or the dye-sub mode in the ALPS printers, and even then the
> litefastness is perhaps 20 yrs or so. There is a Web site (I don't have the
> reference at hand, but you can use one of the search engines to find it)
> that provides full details on expected life of all these inks. One of the
> great factoids about most alt processes is the long lifespan of the images
> that are created, lifespans measured in centuries, not years!
>
> <<sil>>
> <silh@psa-photo.org>
> <webmaster@psa-photo.org>
> Sil Horwitz, FPSA
> Technical Editor, PSA Journal
> check out <http://www.psa-photo.org>
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