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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2428519, member: 5833"]You can do these tests yourself. If you don't already have a UV flashlight, they're cheap & very useful.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Most new papers, especially inkjet and laser papers, will fluoresce under long wave black light. Original papers rarely, if ever, fluoresce. Modern synthetic glues used to attach new papers to new lanterns generally fluoresce."</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ig. 14-A</b> The colored features on the great majority of old lantern papers appear as smooth continuous fields of solid color.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Fig. 14-B</b> Colored features on many new lantern papers are applied by laser and inkjet printers. Characterized by randomly spaced fuzzy dots of various colors. May include misaligned bands of color.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2428519, member: 5833"]You can do these tests yourself. If you don't already have a UV flashlight, they're cheap & very useful. "Most new papers, especially inkjet and laser papers, will fluoresce under long wave black light. Original papers rarely, if ever, fluoresce. Modern synthetic glues used to attach new papers to new lanterns generally fluoresce." [B]ig. 14-A[/B] The colored features on the great majority of old lantern papers appear as smooth continuous fields of solid color. [B]Fig. 14-B[/B] Colored features on many new lantern papers are applied by laser and inkjet printers. Characterized by randomly spaced fuzzy dots of various colors. May include misaligned bands of color.[/QUOTE]
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