Print Preservation

[stephenjennings]

I generally store my 13x19 Epson R3000 prints in archival storage boxes with tissue interleaving between the prints.  I recently bought a Canson storage box (which I really like) and to my surprise it came complete with 13x19 glassine interleaving sheets.  These sheets seem nice for preventing print abrasion, but I'm not really sure about their acceptability for archival preservation.  Any comments?

[deanwork]

Glassine is good for long term storage. I buy it in rolls. I use it when shipping rolled up prints if I don't want to use bags when putting several in a tube. If you are going to stack big prints and deliver them between foamcor like I do it's great for that too.

For portfolios it just gets too wrinkled and tears too fast, so for that what I do is buy Canson cotton drawing paper and cut it to size. Any good drawing paper works well.

j

I generally store my 13x19 Epson R3000 prints in archival storage boxes with tissue interleaving between the prints.  I recently bought a Canson storage box (which I really like) and to my surprise it came complete with 13x19 glassine interleaving sheets.  These sheets seem nice for preventing print abrasion, but I'm not really sure about their acceptability for archival preservation.  Any comments?