Storing Papers for the longr term

[Riverviewer]

I would like to know best practices for storing new paper that has not been opened for longer term ...i.e. more than a month or two?

 

[Dr Croubie]

Wow, a month or two counts as 'long term'?

I've had paper just lying under my bed (20-25C) for the last few years, never fridged it or anything (I do keep my Crystal Archive in the fridge, but I presume you're talking about B+W only)

 

[MattKing]

Room temperature is fine for black and white paper. Temperatures that fluctuate between cold and excessively warm are a problem. A refrigerator is good, but only really necessary if room temperature gets too high.

 

[georg16nik]

All you need to know is in ISO-18928 http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=62637
I've quoted parts from it in some of my previous posts.

 

[bsdunek]

I keep my unopened paper (B&W) in the freezer along with my film. Naturally, a good warm up period is needed before opening to avoid condensation on the paper. I take it out of the freezer at least a day ahead of opening.
Paper does not seem to age as fast as film, as I too have used quite old paper that was stored in normal household conditions. I have some old Unicolor papers that I bought at an old camera shop that are at least 45 years old. They were just on the shelf in the shop, so they saw a wide range of temperatures. They are fogged and not useful for normal prints. I bought them for Lumen prints because I like the results from Unicolor papers. Work great for that.

 

[Riverviewer]

Thanks for all your advice. I have deduced that my current method of storing is fine.

 

[Gerald C Koch]

At my age, short-term is 5 or 10 years. A month goes by in 15 minutes.

So, so true.