Printing Media and Equipment
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ARCHIVAL PHOTO-QUALITY PRINTERS
PRINTER NOTES
- Archival photo-quality printers using selected (*) manufacturer's ink and paper are capable of producing high resolution, smooth black & white, wide color range prints lasting more than 70 years when displayed under glass in normal light. Ink-jet printers are listed unless (noted otherwise). Many of the listed printers have been tested and rated by Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. (*) and Aardenburg-Imaging
- When multiple model numbers are listed for a printer, the first number is the USA - Canadian model number
- -XXX -YYY indicates similar models for European, and other world markets
- / indicates larger or smaller printer models using identical technology
- Resources
ARCHIVAL PHOTO MEDIA
MEDIA NOTES
- Archival photo media is capable of producing high resolution, smooth black & white, wide color range prints
- lasting more than 70 years when displayed under glass in normal light. Ink fade ratings by Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc.
- lasting more than 138 Mlux per ratings by Aardenburg, see An Overview of the Aardenburg Conservation Display Ratings
- Wikipedia Paper Density
- Brother is the tradename for Brother International Corporation of NJ USA
- Canon is the tradename for Canon Inc. of Japan
- Epson is the tradename for Seiko Epson Corporation of Japan
- Harman is the tradename for Harman Technology Ltd. Cheshire UK
- HP is the tradename for Hewlett-Packard of CA USA
- Kodak is the tradename for Eastman Kodak Company of NY USA
- Lexmart is the tradename for Lexmart International, Inc. KY USA
- Samsung is the tradename for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea