If the ink is water based the you have a real problem
with smudging. There are other printers, such as those
that use wax transfer that would be better. But why
not use a color laser printer?
C.J. Scheiner
--- "Robert J. O'Hara" <rjohara@middlebury.edu> wrote:
> Can anyone advise whether an inkjet printer such as
> the Epson Stylus
> which advertises its "DuraBrite" pigment inks as
> archival in quality
> would be suitable for making small numbers of
> bookplates for rare books?
> While a good commercial letterpress printer might be
> ideal, there is a
> great attraction in being able to design and print a
> small number of
> custom plates (with donors names, for example)
> inexpensively in-house.
> Is there likely to be offsetting of the ink onto the
> facing page over
> time? If so, can this be solved with any simple
> methods? (Ironing the
> paper before applying it, perhaps?)
>
> (Pardon the intrusion if this isn't an appropriate
> question for the group.)
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Bob O'Hara
>
> --
> Dr. Robert J. O'Hara (rjohara@middlebury.edu -
> http://rjohara.net)
> Biology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury,
> Vermont 05753 USA
> Residential Colleges and University Reform
> (http://collegiateway.org)
>
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