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Some more details would be nice.

One thing I can say: If you drymount it, mount it to BLACK foam core, not white. If you mount it to white, you can see the printing on the back of the page. Of course if conservation is required, then that's a whole other ballgame. Details please.
 
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Melinda Tennis said:
I always spray newspaper with Bookkeeper de-acidification spray. I don't know how much good it does. I'll have to ask the customers I've framed newspaper for to send me current pictures. I'll get back to you if I find it has worked.
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I would assume it helps. Interesting to find out though
I would also assume that the paper at some point will still deteriorate just because the paper was never meant to last.
 
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I've used bookkeeper in the past and it slows the yellowing, but newsprint is just a pine tree smashed flat so the best treatment is to soak it in a basic solution. That's something a conservator might do, but I still doubt there's much hope.
 
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Bruce is right on the money.

Scan the article, have it printed on decent paper and frame the copy. If the article is potentially valuable give the customer a folder made from archival matboard and tell him/her to store it in that and keep it out of the light as much as possible.
 
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artfolio said:
Scan the article, have it printed on decent paper and frame the copy. If the article is potentially valuable give the customer a folder made from archival matboard and tell him/her to store it in that and keep it out of the light as much as possible.
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If you are going to print the article, the only way to print it is on newsprint. A variety of source including Amazon, Dick Blick, Staples and others sell it.

Since a newspaper article is low-res ( 150 -200 dpi or so), you don't need anything special. It can be scanned and printed on your all-in-one inkjet and will look just as good as the original.

This thread tells about my adventures several years ago with printing a newspaper.

https://www.thegrumble.com/threads/scanning-a-newspaper-to-match.80125/ Scanning a newspaper to match
 
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The main Ottawa newspaper will print something called a “photo page” or something like that, for $20. It comes on a hi-res, really smooth paper, with a plasticky feel. Beautiful appearance. Anyone ever see this where you are?

A friend was the first woman to have in vitro fertilization here, and that paper did almost a full page on the event. I have a copy of it, with that special printing, and it’s as fresh as the day it was printed, back in the late ‘90s.
 
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The local paper has an outsourced service that provides digitally printed copies called a Velox copy. It is much like what Ted described .
The paper used to provide the service directly and it was $20 per page.
Now that it is part of USA Today, the cost has increased a lot. I don’t remember exactly, but think it’s $60-75.00 per page for color and a bit less for B&W.
The deacidification spray is essentially a buffering agent that slows oxidation.
It’s always best to frame a copy and keep a digital file.
 
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wpfay said:
The local paper has an outsourced service that provides digitally printed copies called a Velox copy.
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Now that brings back memories of my wet chemistry days of photography. That was a staple Kodak printer paper that was used for semi-high contrast printing, mostly in the graphic arts. The highest contrast was Kodalith.
 
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I live in an area where the newspapers will send me (at no cost) an article (on request) in word format, along with any pictures in pdf as well as the paper's banner in pdf. I'll basically reformat the article (since it often is on more than one page in the original edition) and I can easily adjust the size of the photo and the banner to fit the new layout I'm doing. And yes, this approach only works with relatively new articles.
 
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How old is the newspaper? From what I've read, many newer ones are printed with vegetable-based inks
that don't last as well. One advantage of getting a print is, if it's pigment-based, it will last longer.
 
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I meant to upload an example. I do these re-formatted articles for a local bank... they are usually of customers of the bank. The bank then gives them to the customer... and they claim they are one of the best marketing thing they've ever done. I configure them to a size where I can add a mat board and then fit them to a 16" x 20" frame. Since the banner and photo are pdf, I can easily adjust the size. The article is in a word format that also allows for font size adjustment, as well as, paragraph and line spacing adjustment. Sometimes I have to leave the banner off if the article is just too big. But I also always make sure the newspaper name is somewhere... usually by the byline.
 

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