Influence of Fixatives and Deacidification on the Stability of Arylmethane Dyes on Paper during the Course of Accelerated Aging.

The article presents information on influence of fixatives and deacidification on the stability of arylmethane dyes on paper during the course of accelerated aging. Information and ideas have been recorded and disseminated through the centuries in various forms. As graphics they can take many forms including engraved, written, drawn and printed images and text. They render immortality to ideas and facts and can be characterized as a collective memory for ideas and words. The objects themselves, which carry this graphic information, are complex systems consisting of a support material, and the image medium such as, dye, pigment, ink, toner or a light-sensitive layer.