[NHCOLL-L:1773] RE: archival cardstock? YES! - YIPPEEE!

[Simmons, John E]

You can easily test this paper.  University Products sells both a pH testing
pen and a Lignin Indicating pen.  These are markers that you use to make a
swipe on the paper--the resulting color will tell you if the paper has
significant acid or lignin content.

A caution about using colored paper stock--unless you absolutely need to use
colored stock, avoid it.  Colored stock contains dyes that are probably not
light-fast (and often fade very rapidly).

--John

-----Original Message-----
From: KU Entomology Museum [mailto:ksem at mail.ukans.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:56 AM
To: 'NHCOLL-L at LISTS.YALE.EDU'
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:1772] archival cardstock? YES! - YIPPEEE!

After some intensive searching, I've found it. It's billed as acid free and
lignin free (it had better be, because I have no way of knowing otherwise),
and it works great in a laserprinter, and it comes in a jillion colors. You
can purchase sheets in assortments or by the single color...  The
manufacturer is Bazzill Basics, and a good supplier is www.scrapbook.com.
You can get a 2002 Color Swatchbook for $10.99 and a pack of 30 sheets of
paper for the astonishingly cheap price of $4.95.  Pinch me, I'm dreaming? 

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	KU Entomology Museum  
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:36 AM
> To:	'NHCOLL-L at LISTS.YALE.EDU'
> Subject:	archival cardstock?
> 
> Hello all - I am having difficulty finding paper of the following
> description:
> 
> *cardstock or other heavyweight paper suitable for insect labels
> *archival (at least acid free)
> *laser-printer compatible
> *available in pink, orange, and red
> 
> The heavyweight archival colored papers I've found so far do not have a
> finish that holds toner, and the colored laserprinter cardstock I've found
> isn't acid-free. Can anyone advise me? Thank you!
> 
> Elizabeth F. Smith
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Snow Entomology Collection, KU Natural History Museum
> 
> ksem at ku.edu * 785.864.3034
>