What is the displayed life span of a print?
It depends on different factors, such as UV exposure, moisture, humidity, framing condition, ink pigments and paper quality etc. Various laboratories in the world test the longevity of digital prints. The recognized leader in testing these new digital printing technologies is, Wilhelm Research. Their ratings are based on “years of display before noticeable fading.” The tested archival life (years of display life before noticeable fading) for this ink set on Somerset Velvet paper is dependant upon UV protection. If the print is framed under UV glass, then the life is rated over 125 years (non-UV glass rating is 62 years). Just to give us a perspective; a traditional water color painting on acid free paper framed under glass is rated at less than 25 years. Thus, our prints can have a display life span of well over 100 years, depending how you display them.
