There is a lot of talk about the archival properties of inket printing papers. It seems that people rule out various papers for seemingly good reasons like the presence of OBAs, bleach, lignin and acidity. My question is how do the properties on the paper stock used in traditional black and white silver printing papers compare? It seems to me that these things were never discussed before the popularization of inkjet printing but they must apply to the archival properties of the paper stock used in traditional materials as well.
Just an aside... Many years ago I met the guy who was the paper merchant to Polariod for their peel apart products and he told me that that paper was junk. I had asked him about it because at the time a lot of artist were showing, and selling for a good price, Polaroids as finished artwork.
Thank you all.
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