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So, what does archival paper have over acid free paper?

On Jul 10, 8:30*pm, Andy Pastuszak wrote:
So, what does archival paper have over acid free paper?

http://www.universityproducts.com/re...php?m=glossary

On 7/10/2011 8:33 PM, Jeffry Johnson wrote:
On Jul 10, 8:30 pm, Andy wrote:
So, what does archival paper have over acid free paper?

http://www.universityproducts.com/re...php?m=glossary

Good information there, but the explanation of archival quality really
doesn't help much:

Archival (Archival Quality):
This non-technical term suggests that a material or product is
permanent, durable or chemically stable, and that it can therefore
safely be used for preservation purposes. The phrase is not
quantifiable; no standards exist that describe how long an "archival" or
"archival quality" material will last.

Bill

On Jul 11, 1:01*pm, Billns wrote:

Good information there, but the explanation of archival quality really
doesn't help much:

It's a marketing term that may be meaningless.

Caveat emptor.

On 7/12/2011 8:44 AM, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
found these unused words:

On 7/10/2011 8:33 PM, Jeffry Johnson wrote:
On Jul 10, 8:30 pm, Andy wrote:
So, what does archival paper have over acid free paper?

http://www.universityproducts.com/re...php?m=glossary

Good information there, but the explanation of archival quality really
doesn't help much:

Archival (Archival Quality):
This non-technical term suggests that a material or product is
permanent, durable or chemically stable, and that it can therefore
safely be used for preservation purposes. The phrase is not
quantifiable; no standards exist that describe how long an "archival" or
"archival quality" material will last.

Bzzzt!

"Archival Paper is an especially permanent, durable acid-free paper.
Archival paper is meant to be used for publications of high legal,
historical, or significant value. In the USA, such paper must also be
approved in accordance with the ANSI standards.[15] The international
standard for "permanent" paper is ISO 9706 and for "archival" paper, the
standard is ISO 11108."

[above citation: Ivar A. L. Hoel. "Standards for Permanent Paper". 64th IFLA
General Conference - Conference Programme and Proceedings. archive.ifla.org.
http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/115-114e.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-24. ]

Here's a book printer's view on paper ...
http://www.gregathcompany.com/archival.html



Interesting info at the book printer site, although I notice that the
first sentence there pretty much agrees with my above quote from
University Products:

It depends on how technical your definitions of acid free and/or
archival are - there is no publishing industry wide definition or single
standard.

I'm glad to see there are ANSI and ISO standards for "archival paper".