Joe, I've been told that the best way to preserve newspapers is to Xerox them. If done on good paper the copies are touted to last longer than the original print. I stand by my statement - Our generation will be one of the first in the gap of information as seen by historians of the future. Brent --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
Another thought: Newspapers. It is shocking how poorly modern newspapers meet the test of time. I own bound volumes more than 150 years old that are in better shape than copies of my own articles printed 20 or 30 years ago. The big difference is that old newspapers used rag paper, while modern papers use pulp paper. Apparently, manufacturing paper from wood pulp requires chemicals that make the paper yellow and fragile within a few years. -- Joe
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