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Re: [artshow_photo] Exposing ink jets prints to direct sun light

 

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>Hi
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>I am back in the grove. In the my last show I forgot about a print and got
>expose to sunlight for an hour or so. It fog the glass and after 3
>weeks I about
>to open it but it looks fine now.

What you experienced is out-gasing of the ink glycols

>What should I expect. Those the print is damage? I got friends that
>told me that
>the print will damage. Any input?

No! the print is not damaged. The glycols after creating a mirror on
the inside of the glass will migrate back onto the surface of the
paper. The glass will then become transparent again.

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>Print is printed in Costco with 7880 printer and archival inks.

You did not say what kind of paper Costco used, but I am 100% sure it
is a RC paper. I have let prints on RC paper dry for two weeks and
still have experienced the same phenomenon when a framed image is
placed in the sun for a few hours. However, inside away from the sun,
framed RC papers are fine.

This is why I only print on non RC papers such as 100% rag.
Out-gassing will not occur with matte papers.

Gene
www.longwoodartgallery.com/EugeneCoggins.html

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