Quacko <snapper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > <<< > I've got fairly badly faded chromogenic materials from 30 years ago, > stored simililarly to what you describe. >>>> > Lucky that Kodak (?) didn't claim they had "100-y" archival quality > at the time then ;o) And not now, either. However, that *was* right about the period when Kodak was using the "memories for a lifetime" or some similar slogan. Which is why they ended up in court on the subject. > Actually it's a non-issue, or would be had Epson et al not come up > with such ludicrous hyperbole in the first place. I gotta ask what hyperbole you're talking about? The 1270 materials? I'll point out, in all fairness, that *Epson* didn't come up with those numbers. > Why did they? Marketing, I guess to counter the apparent weakness > against current chromogenic materials. OK, they published the > results of some tests - chosen selectively I don't doubt from > hundreds of other tests - that proved their prints would last for > ever. [note, it wasn't just the 1270]. The 1270 claims were far less than "for ever". They weren't up into the range of dye transfer, even. What other materials had a disaster? I've been following this subject quite carefully and somehow escaped hearing about it. > Magical thinking comes to mind - if you want them to last badly > enough then they will. > > Trouble is "tests" can only ever predict - add a few variables the > testers hadn't thought relevant ... Sure. But the other side of that is that there's nothing better that's possible. Testing isn't *pointless*, it's merely imperfect. And testing done by an independent laboratory, to their own standards, is much better than anything a manufacturer does for itself. > But I wouldn't be without my inkjet: I don't care if my prints last > 20y let alone 100. I'll be long gone ;o) Well then! -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
