AFAIK, the most archival photographs produced by computers are either
inkjets with pigment based inks especially produced as archival, such as
the ultrachrome inks by epson on rag photo quality paper. The other
alternative are things like "lightjet" prints produced on Fuji Crystal
Archive photo
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:59 PM
To: GIMPUser
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] archival-quality gilmp prints (gimp prints)
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 01:02:56AM +0200, Andreas Waechter wrote:
> Helen wrote:
> >I'm using an HP Deskjet 5550, on good-quality photo paper.
> >My prints
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:02:56 +0200
Andreas Waechter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Helen wrote:
> > I'm using an HP Deskjet 5550, on good-quality photo paper.
> > My prints lose color in less than a year.
> > Is there a way to prolong the life of a print, other than an
> > extremely expensive giclee
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 01:02:56AM +0200, Andreas Waechter wrote:
> Helen wrote:
> >I'm using an HP Deskjet 5550, on good-quality photo paper.
> >My prints lose color in less than a year.
> >Is there a way to prolong the life of a print, other than an
> >extremely expensive giclee printer?
>
> Jus
On Thursday 09 June 2005 06:18 pm, Ken Tanaka wrote:
> I use an Epson C-84 at home, so far the DuraBrite inks Epson uses for
> prints are holding up well (about a year old). Their previous
> generation of inks did fade with time, noticeably over 2 years. Look
> for acid-free on the paper too. If yo
Helen wrote:
I'm using an HP Deskjet 5550, on good-quality photo paper.
My prints lose color in less than a year.
Is there a way to prolong the life of a print, other than an
extremely expensive giclee printer?
Just an idea - photo shops (online or real shops) can do
prints on real photo paper
I use an Epson C-84 at home, so far the DuraBrite inks Epson uses for
prints are holding up well (about a year old). Their previous generation
of inks did fade with time, noticeably over 2 years. Look for acid-free
on the paper too. If you are picky, you might archive the image files
you like o
AFAIK, the length of time that a print lasts is almost completely
dependant on the ink used. I don't know what the quality of HP ink is
like compared to others so I can't really comment. Although I did pull
out some 4 year old Lexmark prints from a cupboard the other day and
they haven't faded or d
I'm using an HP Deskjet 5550, on good-quality photo paper.
My prints lose color in less than a year.
Is there a way to prolong the life of a print, other than an
extremely expensive giclee printer?
Thanks,
Helen
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