The independent research organization "William Imaging Research Institute" published an article on the durability of metal impressions printed with ChromaLuxe aluminum plates.
In this article, we provide two references:
- Press release : We briefly translate it and attach the original PDF for your reference.
- Technical article : We attach the original PDF for your reference
1. Press release
Below is our translation of this press release into Chinese, and the original English text is attached at the end for reference by friends who are interested in learning more about the durability of metal impressions. If you have any further questions, please contact us and we will try our best. Reply to you!
A written research report (note) published by Wilhelm Research confirmed that metal impressions printed with ChromaLuxe aluminum plates have excellent durability. Henry Wilhelm also personally explained to reporters and professional image output experts in Cologne that the research Confirmed that ChromaLuxe is three times more durable than silver halide photographic paper for over sixty years, noting that metal impressions do not begin to fade until 65 years of storage.
If you haven’t heard of ChromaLuxe, the printing basis of ChromaLuxe metal printing is to use sublimation ink to print the image on special paper, and then transfer the ink to the special coating of the metal aluminum plate using heat transfer printing. among.
Stefan Fiedler, the person in charge of Salon Iris in Vienna and one of the recognized experts in high-end image output in Europe, also mentioned that Chromaluxe is undoubtedly the first high-quality image since the first digital image was output on art paper in 1996. Printing the greatest advances.
Because the sublimation ink penetrates deep into the coating, when the thermal transfer is completed, the capillaries of the coating are closed, and the ink molecules are blocked in the coating. It is not afraid of air pollution or the influence of ultraviolet rays, so it has excellent shelf life. For example, graffiti on Chromaluxe metal impressions can be erased with acetone.
Wilhelm Research's research tests used two inks to transfer to ChromaLuxe metal aluminum plates: Epson Ultrachrome DS ink and Sublijet HD Pro Photo XF Sawgrass ink. The test results of both inks were the same. The metal print can be durable for up to 65 years. The key point here is that the research institute measured both the Chromaluxe metal image and the silver halide image using the same method, and the Chromaluxe metal image was three times more durable than the silver halide image.
This conclusion is very important for Chromaluxe. Not only has the internationally renowned artist Cindy Sherman used this medium to exhibit and sell her works, ChromaLuxe and sublimation techniques continue to advance to other businesses in the industry. For example, this exhibition uses Sihl sublimation paper. Ilford also printed images using the same method and exhibited them at FESPA in Amsterdam.
Note: This article is an abstract, please refer to the original PDF file for details.
Original link to "Wilhelm Research Institute Confirms ChromaLuxe's Durability"
