Re: [OM] Archival photos especially family history

[Giles]

If you scan and print on an Epson 2000P  printer using Epson premium 
glossy paper a colour print behind glass and illuminated with 
fluorescent light will probably last over 100 years without 
noticeable fading.
If you print on Epson matte archival paper you can expect greater 
than 200 years.
GGiles

> A lot of what was written for the last digest, especially about photos with
> genealogical potential and archival need seem to me like a strong argument
> for including a healthy diet of Black & White in family photography.
>
> I have B&W (sepia) photos of ancestors here, 140 years old as far as I can
> tell.
>
> Will colour last that long.?
>
> Without those few shots we would be MUCH more lacking in information on
> what these ancestors of mine looked like and how they lived. Those photos
> tell so much. In shoe boxes. (Well, they were).
>
> Brian
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