On 7 Dec 2009 at 17:32, David Griffith wrote:
Has anyone done any work on how long it takes for the
sticky problem
to show itself? I remember some in 1989 or so that got sticky in a
little over a year. I can't remember much stuff newer than that going
sticky. Maybe modern toner doesn't do that anymore?
Shades of PaperBytes and Cauzin Softstrip.
My experience has xerox copy/laser printout stored in manila file
folders to be intact with minimal sticking after 30 years. The paper
may also be an issue.
What I didn't expect is old impact printer copy (printed with a
fabric ribbon on green-bar tractor-feed paper) to be subject to
fading. I've got copy from the 80's printed on various impact
printers that's barely legible after being stored in a file cabinet
the entire time.
I wonder if inkjet printout will suffer the same fate.
--Chuck