Digital BW, The Print

Todd,

You may want to reconsider buying epson 
Archival Matt.  I used my ph pen from light 
impressions on it to find that the surface 
coating is acid free and the back side base is 
not.  

"Archival" really means that you can stick 
something into a drawer and when you come 
back many years later, it's the same.   In 
printmaking/drawing etc. just using acid free 
materials gives it the "archival" name.

Archival is a separate issue from Longevity 
or Lightfastness but is used interchangeably 
in the "venacular".   

Moral of the story is to do your own tests 
and pass the info on in an excellent forum 
like this.  

For an ultimate solution in archival, the 
Crane Museo would be the standard in my 
book.

Allen Maertz
lincolninks.com

Message: 15
   Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 01:08:45 -0400
   From: tflash <tflash@...>
Subject: Buying Archival Matte

Well after waiting two weeks for my 
shipment of letter size Epson Archival
Matte paper, I discovered today that the place 
I ordered it from (Systems
Unlimited) has gone under. They didn't 
charge me at least.

Let's see if I can make this work to my 
advantage.

Does anybody know where to obtain letter 
size EAM that does not have the
watermark logo and arrows on the back?

Todd