Kodak Edge paper (vs the rest, Kodak or not)

[David Lyga]

I came into several rolls of Kodak Edge paper and tested it. Its expiration date is July 2014 and the 'coin' test revealed a most satisfying white (NO age fog whatsoever).

However, alas, I cannot store it as I wish to, as my refrigerator is already packed with film and paper. Thus, it is in self-storage units and I am hoping that this is a cold winter. My experience is that storage this way (Philadelphia: summer hot, winter cold) with other color papers usually means that I have about three years before fog begins to manifest.

My question is this: is Edge better with storage than other papers, whether Kodak or not. With film, 'printing through' the film's age fog prevents the film's fog from reducing the image quality, but with paper, if you do not have that pure white, you are going to suffer with image quality. Changing filtration does not help because you need that lost ability to get the purity of white. - David Lyga

 

[EdSawyer]

Buy a chest freezer for it? Hard to say re: storage. I have used age fogged color paper some, and even though in theory you can't get a pure white, it's never really been an issue in most all images I have printed, since a pure white tone is somewhat rare in itself, I find. (e.g. base white).

 

[David Lyga]

Ed, it is not an issue UNTIL you compare new paper with old. Our brain allows for much leeway, until challenged with the real purity. - David Lyga

 

[newcan1]

In my experience, Edge holds up well, and in the event some edge fog appears, it is a paper that responds very well to benzotriazole.

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[newcan1]

I meant base fog.

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