Re: Sprint End Run Print Brightener update

Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca)
Wed, 14 Jun 1995 15:53:32 +0300

>Some months ago I mentioned that I had tried Sprint End Run Print
>Brightener with my Pt/Pd prints, and while I preferred my own prints to
>*not* be brightened, I thought that it offered an interesting alternative.
>
>At that point Luis suggested that I investigate the archivalness of the
>process as he thought that it would not survive extended exposure to UV.
>So, per Luis, I took a brightened print, cut a bit off and taped it to a
>window for a couple of months. Sure enough, as Luis expected, the paper
>exposed to direct sunlight every day has reverted to it's orignal
>non-brightened state. The backside of the paper, only exposed to bright
>ambient light every day survived.
^^^^^^^^^
Survived so far. Another few months and the effect will be gone too.

Luis Nadeau
NADEAUL@NBNET.NB.CA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada