I am unsure about the life of the prints. I know that when dealing with a company like Kinkos, you don't have much choice. They will only put a certain paper in their machines. The quality I've seen is not bad. It varies from one machine to the next. I had to run to different stores to get a better print quality - one particular machine needed to be cleaned and aligned - and for $3.00 copies, they wouldn't personalize the new inks for me. I did do post work on all my prints in Photoshop, and I think it was RGB color... but amazingly the prints came out very close to wysiwyg. I asked about color management - but Kinkos said everything (computers) were locked down - no profiles.

I have seen older matt board color - even in the center, after cutting - the inside was off-white. For the most part, my prints looks near perfect - just slightly dark, and if I look hard, a few faint lines from the print heads - but I expect perfection.

The problem I am having is choosing images to print, matt, and frame. I got on a role, and now have way too much work. Stayed up last night again till midnight installing glass and dust covers.

The wood working part of this is fun. Staining the frames to match the art is a challenge.

I suggest picking something - I printed my art at 200 pdi - and going down to a Kinkos (printer) and printing one off. But I warn you, it is addicting seeing your art in print.

Never Give Up!