On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:10:19 m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> James B. Byrne wrote:
> > On Tue, September 9, 2014 13:03, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> >> On Tue, September 9, 2014 11:56 am, John R Pierce wrote:
> >>> On 9/9/2014 9:42 AM, a. wrote:
> >>>> its imho cheaper than the huge investment costs of laser
> >>>> printers.
>
> <snip>
>
> > Water immersion survivability is dependent on the quality of the paper as
> > well as the type of print medium. I do not know if others have
>
> experienced
>
> > this but the quality of copier/printer paper now available to us exhibits
> > noticeably inferior stability when wetted from paper of the same weight
> > from the same brand-name supplier obtained as recently as four years
>
One of my recreational activities is caving. When surveying a cave we always
use Rite-In-The-Rain paper. It is almost completely waterproof. I have
managed to dunk my survey book in a stream for minutes at a time. The paper
and the pencil sketching survived. It also survives getting muddy.
They offer products that will go through a laser or ink-jet printer.
http://www.riteintherain.com/
For long-term storage (decades or more) the jury is out. I have survey notes
from 15 years ago that are still usable. They are stored in an ordinary filing
cabinet in my house - No special environmental efforts are taken. It seems
reasonable that Rite-In-The-Rain paper will store at least as well as regular
paper.
It is pricey, but if you really need waterproof then this is good stuff.
Bill Gee
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