Archival: graded or variable

[brYan]

Which is more archival: graded or variable contrast paper?

I thought I had read something that VC papers were not as archival because they contain organic materials.

[David A. Goldfarb]

Some people say that graded papers produce sharper prints or have a higher Dmax or work better with old-style cold light heads, but I haven't heard that they are more archival in general than VC papers.

[lee]

neither is archival if you don't treat them as such. ie doing all the stuff you need to do to insure that they are archival.


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