Subject: Photo print paper
Can anyone recommend any literature on the longevity of modern black-and-white print paper that has developer incorporated into it? It is apparently used in machine printing to speed up the process, but rumour has it that it will yellow with age. What exactly happens I don't know, so if anyone can suggest any published remarks by the manufacturers (at least Kodak and Ilford produce it) or by conservators who have tested it, I'd appreciate it. I'd like to know the process by which it yellows, what effect the "yellowing" has, under what conditions it does so, and how long it takes. I'd also like to be able to recognize such prints in case there are precautions I must take: there seems to be no obvious indication on the paper. -Philip Hiscock MUN Folklore & Language Archive *** Conservation DistList Instance 6:56 Distributed: Wednesday, April 28, 1993 Message Id: cdl-6-56-004 ***Received on Wednesday, 21 April, 1993