--- John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com> wrote:
> At 07:27 PM 6/22/01 -0400, R. D. Davis wrote:
> >The answer is quite simple to arrive at: a printed book. Alas, too
> >many books have been printed on acidic paper... of course, the
> >solution is rather simple, a good photocopy on acid-free paper. :-)
>
> Plastic-carbon toners aren't archival, be they from a copier
> or a laser printer. They re-melt, re-flow or otherwise become
> adhesive under heat or pressure, and they'll interact with
> solvents such as outgassing plastics like the vinyl from a
> new three-ring binder.
As a result of this, I was told by my mother who used to transcribe
court documents for court reporters, you cannot submit laser printed
or inkjet documents for certain uses - i.e., ones where they will be
stuck together, compressed in a file for decades. The documents must
be printed on an inkjet device or offset printed.
I have many 3-ring binders with the first page glued down by its own ink
because people didn't put in a blank protective page. :-(
-ethan
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Received on Mon Jun 25 2001 - 02:12:29 BST