HP Latex Giclées?
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Re: HP Latex Giclées?Reply #6 on: May 14, 2024 at 12:18 pm
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Re: HP Latex Giclées?Reply #11 on: May 22, 2024 at 1:10 pmI get that. But what the vast majority of my customers THINK it means, is the archival testing methods used that vendors apply to their media says it will last 100 years. When I tell a customer something is archival it’s because Canon and Breathing Color both say it will last 100 years between the inks and the media. Thats enough for me. I don’t make the ink or the canvas, I am relying on them to back that.
I essentially stopped my research on print permanence at Aardenburg Imaging &Archives a few years ago. The AaI&A website is still up, but no new testing of the latest printing inks and media is likely to be added. I may still publish some info about phenolic yellowing of inkjet media (a subject I’ve been working on for the past couple of years) but other than that, my website is likely to remain pretty dormant going forward if I don’t just shut it down altogether.
I was trying to be a voice of reason in this arcane field of study for nearly 15 years at Aardenburg Imaging and some 40+ years over the full course of my career. I worked with Henry Wilhelm closely for quite a number of those years. Then one day, it all caught up with me…no one truly cares about print permanence testing anymore save a few curators and photo conservators here and there, and the manufacturers have also figured this out. Artists and gallery owners clearly don’t want to know the details. They will be happy to quote some marketing claims coming in any soundbite form from any source no matter how questionable (a problem for just about any topic on the internet these days!). Thus, the subject of print permanence has boiled down to a couple of buzzwords including “archival” “acid-free and lignin-free” and very likely some longevity claim, for example “100 years”. However, print permanence is a durability issue involving many factors and degradation pathways (e.g., various responses to light, heat, humidity, gases, and other contaminants), and thus it can indeed be influenced by an artist’s choice of materials and processes. In contrast, print “longevity” is a time-based concept (e.g., 100 years) which depends not on how fragile or durable the piece, but rather almost entirely on how the artwork is cared for over time. Hence, print longevity is essentially in the hands of the buyer not the seller, and the seller would not be wrong to simply say, “any modern photographic and/or printing process today will indeed last 100 years if you know how to take care of it”. The devil, of course, is in how to care for it. Yup, and so most manufacturers play the “how long will it last” game by making vague and questionable claims or by citing whatever “standardized” test methods with liberal endpoint/failure criteria that allow their products to pass what they perceive to be their customers’ print longevity expectations.
My personal advice is always just to be honest. If you don’t know, don’t make it up 🙂
cheers,
Mark McCormick-Goodhart
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