In wet darkroom, "Fibre" or "fiber" refers to papers which do not use polymers or resin coatings, such as the RC papers. Fiber papers are made of paper/rag pulp and then coated with silver halide laden emulsions, and that's it. Thiosulfates can ruin the permanence of a fibre paper image too, so improper rinsing can make a photo as transient as a bad inkjet print.
It gets a bit trickier with inkjet. What coatings or emulsions are acceptable? What about mordents or sizing? Is a gelatin coated rag paper "fibre? What about one with a water soluble acrylic polymer that replaces gelatin? And, fiber or not, if the inks are transient, what good is it that the paper will last 500 years? Art Julian Vrieslander wrote: > On 8/3/02 10:44 AM, "HPA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I have a full digital darkroom, and chemical as well. The market is strong >>in both. Digital prints are selling very well, if priced right ($10-12 >>wholesale, $20-30 retail, for 11x14). Many young people who are trying to >>get art photography shows in this region are finding that even coffee shops >>will not hang inkjet prints anymore, they need real prints, and that art >>buyers are wising up and asking for fiber. I am focusing now on digital >>fiber. I can tell you there is a big demand there right now. >> > > Forgive my ignorance, but what do you mean by "fiber"? I thought that all > papers, for wetlab or digital prints, contain fibers. > > -- > Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body