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To: mauser96 who wrote (32293)	9/25/2000 12:18:01 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Respond to of 54805

I've heard that the archival qualities of the new printers is less than advertised ( sensitive to exposure to light, color shifts) but I'm sure they will get it right before long. All things considered, a color print isn't exactly an archival medium either! 100 years for a pigment based printer output would be far better than conventional color prints. While the buyer of a printed image has to beware in either case, for the owner of the image the digital darkroom has an enormous advantage. Each color print is a separate production act, a lot of which is art, not automation. With a digital image, all of the image manipulation is done with the computer and once the final image is arrived at, that image is stored and can be faithfully reproduced at the push of a button, exactly the same, 100 times if desired.

To: mauser96 who wrote (32293)	9/25/2000 12:34:16 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Luke, I've heard that the archival qualities of the new printers is less than advertised Epson is the leader in the archival field. A lot of people don't realize that the long periods of time being advertised are for one of just two paper products marketed by Epson and that the requirement is that the photo remain behind glass to prevent exposure to all the bad stuff in the air. However, my experience is that Epson is advertising shorter (not longer!) time frames than what an independent testing lab determined. --Mike Buckley