Digital BW, The Print

Digital B&W -

I'm participating in a show that has the potential to be 
controversial.  The museum is concerned about protecting the prints 
and is proposing that rather than use custom, high quality inkjet 
prints (made with the Epson 4800 on fine art paper) which would cost 
about $75 for each 17x22 print, that we go with Costco prints which 
cost $9.90 for a 17x22 and could be easily replaced if defaced or 
damaged.  There is enough money in the grant to pay for one custom 
inkjet print of each photos but not enough to replace them and 
there's not enough money to pay to have them framed behind glass.  I 
definitely want to go with the inkjet prints to show some of the 
diehard, darkroom-only, fanatics how beautiful inkjet prints can 
be.  I've seen them side by side with the Costco prints and there is 
no comparison.  Can anybody come up with an argument for the museum 
or a cheap solution to the protection problem?

TIA -

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com