25 May
2005
25 May
'05
5:39 a.m.
At 06:46 PM 5/24/2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Plus, and this has
been expressed several times already, when you're talking about preserving
information, ALWAYS EXPECT THE WORST. It is the safest approach.
OK, I'll try to bring this back on topic. I know this question's
been asked one way or another a number of times before.
Are there any new developments in computer-driven printing technology
that bring us closer to archival output? Conventional laser
printing is not it; I think the plastic ink is too sensitive
to remelting or flaking under heat or pressure.
From this perspective, ink jet looks as long-lasting as any water-soluble
dipped-pen ink that's survived for a few hundred years depending on conditions.
Are archival ink-jet photo papers more resin-coated?
Are dye-sublimation printers (see http://science.howstuffworks.com/question583.htm )
a good shot for printing technologies that might be good for some
crazy scheme like Paperbytes that'll store digital data on paper?
- John