[ILUG] Storing for Historical Record? (OT)

[Conor Daly]

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 10:33:31AM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Tiarnan O Corrain thought:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 03:52:23PM +0100, Vincent Cunniffe wrote:
> >  Ronan Cunniffe wrote:
> >  >Hi all,
> >  >    I've just been asked to create a physically archivable copy of 
> >  >    somebody's
> >  
> >  <schnip>
> >  
> >  >Anybody got any better ideas, or links to discussions of this?
> >  
> >  uuencode filename.tgz | lpr
> >  
> >  Vin
> 
> A-and use an inkjet printer rather than a laser printer. Toner flakes
> off in 10-15 years as far as I know.

While AIUI, inkjet ink fades over about the same time...  You _can_ get
archiving ink for inkjet but that may be for only another 10 years.  

OTOH, some of our weather charts have their pencil markings still in good
condition while the ink shows signs of fading...

Conor
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