Re: Archival Printers
RichLat@aol.com
Thu, 5 Oct 1995 23:53:31 -0400
>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.
UltraStable and EverColor are carbon pigment approaches for hundred year
(plus) stability. EverColor's Dye-Print is rated at fifty years. Iris prints
use dye inks which are rated at two years unless left in total darkness.
A less expensive alternative to carbon prints which nearly equals the quality
and sharpness is EverColor's Dye-Print product. Like the carbon prints,
Dye-Prints employ digital as well as traditional techniques. Additional info
and samples are available free of charge from EverColor by sending mailing
address to Evercolor@aol.com.