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But do use some kind archival-grade paper. The £2 per ream supermarket crap that curls up in hot weather is probably full of acid and will become brittle and fa
by adhesive_wombat 5y ago
But do use some kind archival-grade paper. The £2 per ream supermarket crap that curls up in hot weather is probably full of acid and will become brittle and fall apart eventually.
And I would check if there are issues with either cheap ink fading or cheap toner flaking off on the multi-decade timescale. Though you will probably appreciate a decent printer anyway to chug through 1GB of text!
- seszett 5y ago> The £2 per ream supermarket crap that curls up in hot weather is probably full of acid I wouldn't be so sure. I need paper that is not basic for a hobby of mine (cyanotype printing, a photographic process that is very sensitive to high pH) and that is actually quite difficult to find these days. Almost all available paper is acid-free, because it doesn't cost much to the manufacturer to add calcium carbonate buffer to the paper. It doesn't mean that cheap paper is good for archival (if only because it likely lacks mechanical strength) but paper made in the last two decades or so is rather unlikely to become yellow and brittle in the future, and it should keep quite long if stored in correct conditions.