In a message dated 11/13/2003 6:19:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, DanlHarris@cox.net writes: > What I am concerned about is printing photos with ink jet. I don't expect > these photos to be of very good quality in 10yr. True, the fade rate is very fast. Negatives last for years. At least with the CDs I think we can rest assured that they will last a long time so you can at least reprint photos. I've had some color (copy) prints made from photos hanging on my wall for several years. They still look real nice, but they have faded somewhat. The copies were made on a commercial color copier. I believe the machine used color toner (not ink) and was fused to the paper. My black and white laser printers cost $1400 new. Most of the equipment is made cheap so most people can afford it these days. They're called "throw aways." It doesn't pay to try to fix it. My inkjets have come down in price from $1,000 to under $400 now. . . but the commercial inkjet/toner printers are still $2,500 and up. It's hard to justify those kinds of costs for personal use. If you have your photos saved to a CD, you can get prints made at the photo developing place fairly inexpensively. You can do your own reprints at Cosco. Since I'm retiring my business, I haven't really kept up with the industry pricing on the high end equipment. Food for thought though. Lois Hetrick Stewart