We had a rare family party recently, and I have respectable digital images
of four generations of us. I still have my full wet darkroom, and I'm now
wondering how best to capture an archival version of the family group.
(which can be viewed in many decades to come without needing the latest in
computer technology etc.)
Some Ideas
1 - Make A3 print (largest my printer can manage), capture on B&W film, and
make fibre based prints following the normal recommendations re washing,
hypo removal etc. (I'm relaxed about the prints being in B&W for archival
purposes. After all, that's how I see images of my gr gr parents etc.)
2 - Make A4 print, and have it microfilmed and processed to an archival
standard. (Used to be good for 100-200 years from memory.) This could then
viewed using low technology microfilm viewers.
3 - Get print made from digital image in the high street using one of the
modern laser(?) printers. Anyone know if these are archival?
(4 - Have an oil painting made from the print.)
Thanks for any ideas

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Rob Morley - 18 Apr 2007 12:21 GMT
In article <4625ece8$0$20193$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>, Malcolm
Stewart
malcolm_stewart@megalith.freeserve.co.uk says...
> We had a rare family party recently, and I have respectable digital images
> of four generations of us. I still have my full wet darkroom, and I'm now
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> 3 - Get print made from digital image in the high street using one of the
> modern laser(?) printers. Anyone know if these are archival?
You can get archive-quality inkjet prints made by specialist companies,
that should be good for up to 100 years. I doubt that the typical high
street operation uses such high quality materials.
Mark Dunn - 18 Apr 2007 18:35 GMT
Minilabs still use real photographic paper, don't they? Properly processed
it's good for a century or so.
> In article <4625ece8$0$20193$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>, Malcolm
> Stewart
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> that should be good for up to 100 years. I doubt that the typical high
> street operation uses such high quality materials.
Will Wilkinson - 18 Apr 2007 14:03 GMT
>We had a rare family party recently, and I have respectable digital images
>of four generations of us. I still have my full wet darkroom, and I'm now
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>M Stewart
>Milton Keynes, UK
Try Lab35, just down the road in Bletchley <http://www.lab35.com>.
They do proper photographic prints from digital images, the Kodak paper
& process they use is supposed to give a 200 year print life. I use them
for my professional freelance work and have been very satisfied with the
results.
Will

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Malcolm Stewart - 18 Apr 2007 21:16 GMT
> Try Lab35, just down the road in Bletchley <http://www.lab35.com>.
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> Will
Thanks - I'll give them a call.

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howard - 19 Apr 2007 16:09 GMT
> We had a rare family party recently, and I have respectable digital images
> of four generations of us. I still have my full wet darkroom, and I'm now
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> Thanks for any ideas
5 - Use film - store somewhere dark and dry.