Re: What Epson Printer does this best?

["Jim Wingo" <jimw203@mindspring.com>]

L,

Admitedly, you are correct; in this case, though, my comment was based on
the premise that we were dealing with a book that was to be in relatively
wide distribution under uncontrolled conditions. If we look at that as a
model, we find that those books that are designed for similar situations
and those that have survived best are those produced as I described.
Examples can be found among the wealth of color illustrated books and
atlases (A&C Black, Blackie, MacMillan, Lippincott, SDUK, Johnson, Colton,
Mitchell, Walker, and a vast array of other book and atlas publishers) from
the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the most common
problems is foxing - those dark, rust-looking, spots in the paper. They are
caused by imperfections in the largely wood pulp-based papers most books
were printed on. In the, often higher cotton content, clay-coated paper
used for the color images - virtually all done in 3-color lithography -
foxing is much rarer.
Thus, if the problem had to do with a poster in uncontrolled distribution,
the solution might be different. With a book, though, my comments remain,
IMO, correct, if you pick your materials with an eye to permanence in its
intended setting. 

Jim Wingo

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On 8/17/2001 at 5:07 PM Leslie Otterbein wrote:

>Jim:
>
>Alas, even offset printing will fade in the right (wrong) conditions.
Check
>out the posters that get a few weeks exposure in the sun, or anything
>sitting in the window.
>
>L Otterbein
>-- 
>
>
>> From: "Jim Wingo" <jimw203@mindspring.com>
>> Reply-To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
>> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:49:56 -0400
>> To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
>> Subject: Re: What Epson Printer does this best?
>> 
>> I am forced to conclude that the solution is both simple and expensive:
>> offset printing on acid-free, all-cotton paper, with the images on
coated
>> stock.
>> 
>> If anyone has contrary opinions, please speak up - this is a problem
that
>> bedevils many of us.
>> 
>> Jim Wingo
>
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