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To add to your comments Miles. Time in the developer plays a big factor in overall lith print color. These colors can be tweaked by changing dilutions of part A and B... usually to more dilute strengths which implies a longer time in the soup before the snatch point is reached. With some papers it can liberate very interesting colors not normally seen with a more modest development time. Contrast is changed by more or less print exposure. higher contrast is achieved by less print exposure, and more print exposure reduces or evens out the contrast range. That said, you can also change print color by increasing the temperature of the soup too. It's quite a learning curve to understand all of the different parameters involved and each cause and effect that can occur. This is the fun with lith that it has a certain amount of unpredictability that is liberating in a way.

The biggest thing I found I to allow the greatest consistency was by making a larger batch of mixed developer and making it a good temperature (usually around 75 to 80 degrees) and placing it in a significantly larger tray than the paper size you are printing . Take plenty of notes as you go and make small steps... YMMV