Re: Third party ink (Archival?)

[byard pidgeon <bluedove@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In part, I agree with rafe's "holy grail" assessment...this stuff hasn't
been around long enough to have actual results of real time aging, so all
the testing is simulations.

I've done some "worst case" and "normal case" testing over the past couple
of years, which leads me to believe that at least some inks deserve an
archival rating...depending on how we define that term.

Lasting forever? Under what conditions?

If we're talking about normal home display, in average room light, even some
older dye inks that aren't even in the race for archival status will last
for several years...that is, retain pleasing color balance and density.

Some of the newer dye inks show impressive durability, even in a few hours,
daily, of direct sunlight through a window...conditions that wipe out the
older ink within a few weeks.

Buy a small batch of whatever you're interested in, and test it yourself.


on 02/13/2002 05:13 AM, rafeb@adelphia.net at rafeb@adelphia.net wrote:


> 
> Archival dye inks are still somewhat of a holy grail.
> 


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