R.D. Davis wrote
>What we need is a method of good-quality printing, useful for archival
>quality, that's reasonably affordable to most people who already own
>computers.
>Like manhy others here have most likely experienced, I've had
>laser-printed pages stick together, injet printed pages become
>unreadable when they get a little to damp, and dot-matrix output fade
>out.
>Suggestions?
Maybe there would be a way to load archival quality ink into an inkjet
cartridge and then print the documents on acid-free paper. I purchased 3
non-working HP 1200C printers for $20, included cartridges. They have
cartridges for each color ink. I'll bet they might clog if not cleaned
correctly.
You could also perhaps find pens for a HP or other plotter containing
archival quality ink and then plot the documents on acid free paper. I know
you can get acid free plotting paper, the land plats I occasionally see are
drawn on linen or cotton paper. I've seen 60 year old copies that look
great. The modern ones are drawn by a plotter.
Hire a team of scribes to read and transcribe the documents on vellum, any
illumination would be a plus.:)
After some thought and research I have found the following:
Pointer to image permanence institute at Rochester Institute of Technology.
http://www.rit.edu/~661www1/
Pointer to archival quality inks for inkjet printers.
http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/archival_inks/color.html
Pointer about lifetimes of inks and papers for inkjets, may be more image
oriented than text
http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/news/Wilhelm062000.pdf
Mike
mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu
Received on Tue Jun 26 2001 - 11:15:38 BST