Editing Digital permanence (section)

===Printing technology===
Printing hard-copies of documents and images is a popular means of representing digital data and possibly acquires the qualities associated with original documents, especially their potential for endurance. More recent advances in printer technology have raised the quality of photographic images in particular. Unfortunately, the permanence of printed documents cannot be easily discerned from the documents themselves.
* wet-ribbon inked printers
* [[heat-sensitive paper]]s, such as FAX rolls
* NCR and other ''carbon'' technologies
* [[ink-jet printer]]s
** wax-based inks e.g. DataProducts SI810
** water-based inks
** other bases
* mono [[laser printer]]s
* colour laser printers