@zens@merveilles.town longevity also depends on the quality of the thermal paper, i've printed on very cheap receipt rolls and had it fade in months whereas using a high quality fax thermal roll lasted for over a year so far under the same conditions
@zens@merveilles.town the quality of the image "burn" also influences it, a very finely dithered picture faded quicker than a highly contrasted text print for example