cibachrome vs. fujiflex

allsystemsfail · Mar 9, 2011

Anyone know if fujiflex will be as stable as cibachromes over time?

nickrapak · Mar 10, 2011

No. Someone will be along to explain better than I can, but a major part of the image stability of Ilfochrome/Cibachrome comes from both the high-purity Azo dyes embedded in the paper as well as the dye-destruction based P-5 process.

Steve Smith · Mar 10, 2011

nickrapak said:
a major part of the image stability of Ilfochrome/Cibachrome comes from both the high-purity Azo dyes embedded in the paper.

Ilfochrome/Cibachrome is not coated on paper. It is a white Melinex (DuPont's trade name for poyester).

EDIT: Apparently there is a resin coated paper version too: http://www.firstcall-photographic.co.uk/userfiles/file/ilfochrome.pdf

Steve.

holmburgers · Mar 10, 2011

Yep, Ilfo/Cibachrome is in a class by itself.

Dye-destruction, silver-dye-bleach processes are fundamentally different than color-coupler, chromogenic prints.

That's not to say that the latter's stability will be bad, but the former's stability is fantastic.

nickrapak · Mar 10, 2011

Steve Smith said:
Ilfochrome/Cibachrome is not coated on paper. It is a white Melinex (DuPont's trade name for poyester).

EDIT: Apparently there is a resin coated paper version too: http://www.firstcall-photographic.co.uk/userfiles/file/ilfochrome.pdf

Steve.

I know it's not coated on paper, but "paper" is the common term for photographic printing material. Besides, the OP was comparing two polyester-base printing materials, so I assume he would know what I was referring to.

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