opinions on very long term storage and references from Google search

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Mon May 10 10:19:18 2004

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike McFadden <McFadden> writes:

 Mike> I know that for land surveys that archival ink using a pen
 Mike> plotter on vellum is "best".

What is "archival ink"?

I'd agree if the ink used is "india ink" (carbon black based ink --
the classic stuff used in Chinese/Japanese calligraphy). At one
point, pen plotters could accept drafting pens, such as the famous
Rotring/Rapidograph. Fill one with india ink and plot on vellum, keep
it try, and you should be ok for many centuries.

Any other kind of ink I'd wonder about.

    paul
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