1 This International Standard gives recommendations for the storage conditions, storage facilities, handling and inspection of processed photographic piates.
2 This International Standard defines terms and recommends practices for the storage of black-and-white, silver-image, photographic piates having integral photographic layers and intended for record purposes.
No specific distinction is made, other than the degree of care, between piates for medium-term or archival storage.
Recommendations for plate storage relate to materials, methods, conditions, and forms of protection applicable specifically to piates defined in 3.3. However, the storage recommendations may also be applied to colour piates, to black-and-white piates altered by dyes or toners, and to the piates defined in 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8.
3 The storage of photographic film and paper requires different considerations and these are not covered in this International Standard but are covered in ISO 5466 and ISO 6051, respectively.
4 Although not covered by this International Standard, lacquered and opaqued piates will have their useful life prolonged under the storage conditions recommended. However, they should not be stored with non-lacquered or non-opaqued piates.
5 This International Standard, while intended for materials that are well processed, should also be of considerable value in prolonging the useful life of photographic piates whose processing conditions
are unknown, that have been toned or retouched, or bear markings with materials of uncertain or unknown stability. It is not intended to predict or assign a useful lifetime to photographic piates stored in accordance with the specifications of this International Standard.