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SteveZ

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Permanence Ratings for Fine Art Media
« on: February 18, 2008, 01:28:23 pm »

A local gallery owner is interested in buying some of my b&w prints
and has asked me to disclose permanence ratings for the prints I would
provide him. The Wilhelm Image Research website gives plenty of info on
Epson papers, problem is I use other papers as well i.e. and I can't
seem to find any reference to ratings for other brands (i.e. Moab,
Harman, Crane, Hawk Mountain, Hahnemuhle, etc.). Does anyone know where
I can find objective, third party ratings for these other brands?
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Thomas Krüger

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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2008, 03:14:08 am »

It's quite difficult to find permanence tests from other papers. Sihl has some info on the website, and also the following point to some info. Always asking the paper manufacturers for permanence ratings should improve their awareness that the end user needs objective data if he wants to sell his images.

Results of image permanence tests from Image Engineering,
http://digitalkamera.image-engineering.de/..._artikel_en.pdf

Agnes Etzkorn, Thesis: Permanence testing based on current developments of image deterioration due to environmental impacts
http://digitalkamera.image-engineering.de/...s#Agnes_Etzkorn

Browse the box "Publications" at the right side of the page:
http://digitalkamera.image-engineering.de/
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