Photos fade
- Thread starter Stelcom
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If they are printed on standard 11" x 8 1/2" paper exposure to even room light will see them fade due to exposure to light and the loss of the ink's pigmentation. The amount of actual ink that goes on standard sheets of paper isn't a large amount. For photo printing to see the best results you would need the photo quality paper rather then the standard. But that will soak up ink from the cartridge pretty fast.
computerhakk
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A lot of things, basically almost everything can effect the quality of it.
The most important key is storage. If it's not kept will, its really unavoidable. The humidity in the air, the way you store or handle it, light, pollutants, dry conditions such as attics, etc..
DCIScouts
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But, back to what PC Eye was referring to, the best way to preserve images is to have them printed on high-quality, photo-quality paper while using the genuine cartridges for your printer. Furthermore, after that point, try to keep them away from sunlight, temperature changes and severe humidity as much as possible, any one of these things can adversely affect the life of the photo. Theorectically, when using true photo paper and ink, you should get about 75 years of life in a frame, and 150 years in a photo album...
If you look at any very old documents locked away in a file cabinet or old photos(family pictures, heirlooms, etc.) you will sometimes wonder how these have lasted through the years. As DCIScouts has reflected on there the "lack of" rather then exposure to the elements in that sense has preserved them.
When printing out photos or other types of images even screen shots from pc games the background when full of color while draw heavily on a cartridge. Often that will take enough to leave you with only one color left for text. This has been seen here often with jpgs, bmps, as well as screen shots and other types of images. For printing with deskjet or similar cartridges be sure to use one that has had little or no use to get the best results. Then store them somewhere dark and for the most part air tight.
When printing out photos or other types of images even screen shots from pc games the background when full of color while draw heavily on a cartridge. Often that will take enough to leave you with only one color left for text. This has been seen here often with jpgs, bmps, as well as screen shots and other types of images. For printing with deskjet or similar cartridges be sure to use one that has had little or no use to get the best results. Then store them somewhere dark and for the most part air tight.