Display Your Photos RightPrepare your prints for framing and long life |
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discussions about photography in magazines, classrooms, message boards
and camera clubs often focus on the latest photographic equipment or
the hottest Photoshop tip, in the end, it really comes down to one
simple thing: the print. It’s nice to share an image via e-mail or by
allowing a friend to look over your shoulder at the camera’s LCD, but
there’s no better way of sharing your unique vision of the world than
by reproducing it on paper. Inks, Papers and Lightfastness Until recently, pigment inks were the only way to go for lightfastness, but the last few generations of dye-based inks have been catching up, promising decades of resistance to fading and color shifting. However, whether you’re using dye-based or pigment-based inks, your choice of paper will have one of the greatest impacts on the life of your photographs. Besides choosing between a matte and a glossy surface, one consideration when selecting a paper is how it interacts with the inks of your printer. Paper types, even those produced by the same manufacturer, won’t behave the same in terms of resistance to fading, moisture and pollutants. If lightfastness is a key concern for prints, it’s important to know how long you can expect prints to resist fading and color shifts.
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