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AaI&A conducts comprehensive light fastness studies on modern digital print media. Our Digital Print Research Program is a unique collaboration with the photography and printmaking community. All donations to this website are applied directly to the AaI&A Printmakers' Testing Fund.
The Printmakers' Testing Fund enables AaI&A staff to conduct light fastness tests at no charge to artists all over the world who voluntarily submit media samples for testing. Please donate to the fund today in order to help us continue this important print permanence research. Calendar year funding for the program and sample testing status is updated regularly. This information is listed below:
AaI&A uses the most advanced light fade testing protocol in the industry. We also make this testing expertise available on a reasonable fee-for-service basis to manufacturers. Manufacturers can request their tests remain confidential, or they can add the results to the AaI&A light fade database at any time during the testing period. Please contact us for more information.
Batch I1 contains test results for the Kernewek line of fabrics printed with both Epson K3VM inks and also Canon Lucia pigmented inks. Filter the database list for [paper/media] [contains] "Kernewek" to easily locate these test reports.
Batch K1 is now at 40 Megalux hours testing interval. It contains numerous HP Z3200 print samples, a comprehensive test of Epson ABW mode printed at the extreme color boundaries on a single batch of paper (Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultrasmooth 308gsm), and lastly, two interesting monochrome print samples prepared with Owens Valley Imaging's HTv ink set. Filter the database for [Batch][contains] "K1" to locate the K1 batch updates.
Batch J1 is at 90 Megalux hours in test. Filter the database for [Batch][contains] "J1" to locate the J1 batch updates.
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