Ron,
That's discouraging. There must not be any truly archival photo paper for
the printers. Archivists tell me that laser printer and photo copier ink is
archival, but of course they are talking about their use on archival
quality copy paper rather than photo paper.

Barbara H. Magid
Alexandria Archaeology
(703)838-4399
(703)838-6491 (fax)
www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org




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Barbara, The photos I used in the 1999 United States Army Fort Rosecrans
100th Commemoration were printed on laserjets and the images are badly
faded, even though they are stored in a room with UV sleeved lights that
only come on three days a week. The long-term survival is seriously
questionable. Fortunately, we have original prints.

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.