How to I take care of digital prints?

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13 years 3 months ago #19469 by china_doll

How do I take care of my digital prints? Will they fade in the sunlight like the old film prints do?

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13 years 3 months ago #19474 by Rob pix4u2

If you use archival inks and papers fading should be at a minimum. Laser prints on archival paper should not fade for quite a number of years

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13 years 3 months ago #19505 by Baydream

Even then, keeping them out of long exposure to direct sunlight is recommended.

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13 years 3 months ago #19516 by spaceman

i always store mine in acid-free, archival plastic sleeves.

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13 years 3 months ago #19517 by petrovich

Never get them wet.

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13 years 3 months ago #19519 by bookman

Newer printers claim their inks will last up to 100 years, but I'm not taking any chances with mine. If i'm going to hang them, i get them under glass as soon as possible and I avoid placing them in direct sunlight. Make sure they're totally dry before putting on the glass, of course. Once or twice I had a print stick to the inside of the glass when I tried ot frame it too soon after printing. Now I allow at least 3 or 4 days of drying time before framing with glass.

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13 years 3 months ago #19602 by Stealthy Ninja

Same as any other photo really.

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13 years 3 months ago #19606 by Baydream

bookman wrote: Newer printers claim their inks will last up to 100 years, but I'm not taking any chances with mine. If i'm going to hang them, i get them under glass as soon as possible and I avoid placing them in direct sunlight. Make sure they're totally dry before putting on the glass, of course. Once or twice I had a print stick to the inside of the glass when I tried ot frame it too soon after printing. Now I allow at least 3 or 4 days of drying time before framing with glass.

If you're going to have glass, use a mat. Humidity will build the moisture a stick the glass to the pic (or the other way around). Matte finish papers are less prone to sticking if against glass.

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13 years 3 months ago #19820 by photobod

I havent noticed any difference whatsoever all these specialised glasses and papers are money making I am sure,

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13 years 3 months ago #19953 by Joves

I dont worry about it since I print them myself. So if they fade I just reprint them but, I have yet to have to do that with any of them.

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13 years 3 months ago #20275 by Scotty

I'd worry more about backing up the originals.

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13 years 3 months ago #20290 by Stealthy Ninja

Scotty wrote: I'd worry more about backing up the originals.

True, lose the digitals and you can't make any more prints.

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13 years 3 months ago #21466 by mandy.amandy

Looks like you have lots of good suggestions. I'll just add one more tip I've learned the hard way. If you have a big stack of prints, definitely put some protective film between them. digital prints scratch very easily. I have 30 or more that I'm going ot have to discard and reprint because I left them in a stack and over time, as i went thru them, they really got scratched up.

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