Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert, From the viewpoint of preserving photos for an amateur like myself, the disk storage does sound like a long shot after I'm dead, or after I keep driving with the turn signal on. For a continuing enterprise, it is probably OK. It better be - we have spent a small fortune going "paperless". I can't believe the costs. You could buy a warehouse full of yellow pads for what just one of those storage area networks costs, and we need several. Fortunately, I like to print my stuff anyway. Ken On 8/16/2011 8:16 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > Ken, > > Thank you for commenting on what I actually asked about. Your point > about lack of redundancy is very pertinent, but if the print is not > going to fail, then redundancy is only needed to guard against loss or > damage to the print (but that's not a small concern). Doing both > would certainly make sense, but from what Brian presented, the disk > storage sounds futile. That's why I was wondering about whether a K3 > print might not be a better solution to the problem for the long > term. And the long term doesn't have to be 100 or more years for the > print to outlast all the forms of storage Brian discussed. > > Robert > > On Aug 16, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > >> On 8/16/2011 12:22 PM, Robert Meier wrote: >>> My Epson printer will make prints that will last 100 to 200 years >>> without fading or loss of color with their K3 inks, according to >>> independent tests. >>> >>> Would those prints, then, be the best and safest way to preserve >>> images? That is, would they be better than any hard drive or C or >>> any other electronic means? >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> It seems to me in a time frame that long, the print would be the only >> sure way. However, I think that assumes dark storage in optimum >> conditions, easier said than done. The disadvantage of a print, in >> the nearer term, would be lack of redundancy, unless you made three >> or four stored in different locations. As cheap as disk storage is, >> there doesn't seem to be any reason not to do both - a framed print, >> one in dark storage and one in electrons. My stuff will probably be >> headed for a landfill after one generation anyway. >> >> Ken >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >