Re: Archival Printers
nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca
Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:46:12 -0300
>I am presently involved in a search for a color printer that will output
>'archival' prints. From what I have read on this list, my standards for
>archival are fairly liberal. I'm looking for something that will suffer minimal
>quality loss over a period of 10 or so years. I know that this is hard to judge
>with technologies that haven't been around for more than a few years. I am
>familiar with output from the Iris color printer, but as far as I understand
>it, a special coating must be applied to the prints to keep them from fading. I
>would like to hear from people who have had experience with this, and other
>printers. I would also like to know about printers that you have heard of, but
>not had the oppurtunity to test out.
>
> Jon Anderson
> janderso@messiah.edu
Your best bet is one of the color carbon processes, e.g., Evercolor,
Ultrastable.
Check the FAQ
Luis Nadeau
NADEAUL@NBNET.NB.CA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada