Tracking LILIS (Light Induced Low-Intensity Staining) LILIS is caused by the light induced degradation of optical brighteners (OBAs) incorporated in modern media, and it also correlates with the combined presence of both…
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Tracking LILIS (Light Induced Low-Intensity Staining) In November, 2016 Aardenburg Imaging & Archives began a series of light fastness tests using an extended testing protocol to study the phenomenon of light…
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"Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh, on display at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC. Nov. 9, 1999. Photo by Mark McCormick-Goodhart Why does Aardenburg Imaging publish light fade data…
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Like the Pileated Woodpecker in our back yard, we've been hard at work hammering away at the i* data! Over 2.5 years in test, our latest reports for 17 new…
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Introduction Batch N testing began three years ago in July, 2015. It is now complete as of July, 2018, and the final reports have been posted in the Aardenburg light…
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Updates on Epson UltraChrome HD are now available at 140 megalux hours. The pertinent samples in this study can be easily located in the Aardenburg database by filtering the “batch” field…
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Our venerable Gretag Macbeth Spectrolino spectrophotometers have served us well and are continuing to do so in measuring the majority of the ongoing light fade tests here at Aardenburg Imaging…
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Our funding goal for the purchase of both a Canon ImagePROGRAF Pro-1000 and an Epson SC P400 recently reached 84% funded, and we elected to move ahead with this project.…
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I* Color starting to drop at faster rate than I* Tone (future color imbalance predicted). Yellow still weakest ink, but much improved stability compared to older K3. 90 Mlux Hrs.…
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Trendline analsis comparing the UCHD versus K3 inks has been published and you can find it under the Printmaking menu in the articles section. The 60 Megalux hour test results for the Epson…
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