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Ilford will have some advice , they advise a toner for longer life but suggest that rc can last a decades .
Personally I think rc is less prone to environmental damage and residual chemical impacts , along with the easier handling it makes a compelling case for general use.
Fiber can be kept for specific work where the extra handling in washing drying and environmental- humidity can be controlled.
There will be reams of text about this subject ,
storage conditions are really the biggest risk in my opinion.
Personally I think rc is less prone to environmental damage and residual chemical impacts , along with the easier handling it makes a compelling case for general use.
Fiber can be kept for specific work where the extra handling in washing drying and environmental- humidity can be controlled.
There will be reams of text about this subject ,
storage conditions are really the biggest risk in my opinion.
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I suspect some RC prints might actually last longer than many FB prints just because it's easier to wash to an archival state in the first place.
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There were issues with early Ilfospeed and image hightlights bleaching if prints were stored in plastic folders. I had prints bleach, but stored normally or framed there were no ussues.
The first generation of Ilfospeed was developer incorporated, I used to process it with an Ilfoprint machine, I made myown Activator, essentially a weak Sodium Hydroxide solution, with Sodium Sulphite, and Potassium Bromide, (no developing agents), and then instead of Stabiliser Hypam at 1+4, then into a normal 1+9 Hypam bath and wash. You could feed in a 10"x8" print every 15 seconds.
Iford changed Ilfospeed 2 it was no longer developer incorprated, that also solved the highlight bleaching issue, if stored in plastic files.
Papers now are quite different. Learning to print just use RC papers, they are cheper and easier to handle.If or when you are ready to exhibit think about Fibre based papers.
Ian
The first generation of Ilfospeed was developer incorporated, I used to process it with an Ilfoprint machine, I made myown Activator, essentially a weak Sodium Hydroxide solution, with Sodium Sulphite, and Potassium Bromide, (no developing agents), and then instead of Stabiliser Hypam at 1+4, then into a normal 1+9 Hypam bath and wash. You could feed in a 10"x8" print every 15 seconds.
Iford changed Ilfospeed 2 it was no longer developer incorprated, that also solved the highlight bleaching issue, if stored in plastic files.
Papers now are quite different. Learning to print just use RC papers, they are cheper and easier to handle.If or when you are ready to exhibit think about Fibre based papers.
Ian