Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Tina. I feel like I am learning a whole new technology. I have just registered my domain and am attempting to build my own web page for the first time too. This is getting pretty digital for a guy that likes Leicas because they are analog. DJ - --- Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote: > At 06:55 PM 5/9/02 -0700, you wrote: > >I am interested in the archival quality for several > >reasons. > >1. I frame and hang quite a few photos. While I > could > >reprint and swap out the photos if they fade, I'd > >rather not. > >2. If I sell someone a photo, I'd like to know that > it > >would last approximately as long as a wet dark room > >image. > >3. Someone in my family may want some of these > shots > >after I am gone, and I'd like them to be able to do > >that without reprinting. > > > >I had heard to expect at least a 70 year life out > of > >the Epson printers and materials. I'd like it to be > >longer, but I'll take what I can get. > > > > The Epsons with archival inks and archival paper are > rated at over 100 > years. It depends entirely on the inks and paper > you choose, not the > printer. The Epson materials are not as archival as > some others. The > Quad-Black Carbon pigment inks are the most > archival, but the Generations > Enhanced pigment inks are still rated at over 100 > years. > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > images available from: > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.mira.com > http://www.agpix.com > http://www.newscom.com > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html