[Leica] Archival 4x6 Prints?

[leica at web-options.com (Bob W)]

Many, if not most, of the dedicated snapshot printers are dye-sub and I
think they are archival (would need to confirm this, but I know some of the
Olympus ones are).

Bob 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Robert D. Baron
> Sent: 08 December 2008 15:31
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Archival 4x6 Prints?
> 
> I need to put some money where my mouth has been and get started
> making (having made) a lot of 4x6 prints from digital images of family
> members and get togethers to go in various shoe boxes around the
> country to be saved and viewed by future generations.
> 
> I really don't want (or have the time and patience) to do the printing
> myself on my Epson 2200 or 1270 inkjet printers, although I suppose I
> could buy one of those dedicated snapshot printers for around $100 or
> so.  Are such prints really expected to last?
> 
> I am thinking about burning the image files to a CD and taking it to a
> local camera store, drug store or walmart for prints.  Or, I suppose I
> could mail or email the files to someplace like Adorama in New York.
> 
> But I really don't understand the processes these places use.  I
> assume it is some sort of inkjet printing but I don't know that and of
> course the local counter clerks seem to have no idea.
> 
> In the olden days our family snaps were made with film and printed on
> real photographic paper on a machine in a darkroom (I worked in such a
> place in the fifties) and they have survived pretty well. Will
> (should) current commercially made, reasonably priced prints stand the
> test of time?
> 
> Your suggestions and advice will be much appreciated.
> 
> --Bob Baron / Oklahoma City
> 
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