Peppie

I ususally wipe negatives with an anti-static cloth, and if I still have dust, I'll give it a quick blast of canned air.

Nice shot of the cat, Christina. Good timing and good use of selective focus.

When printing, I use an anti-static brush on the neg once in the carrier, and then give it the canned air blast once I've placed the carrier in the enlarger prior to dropping the condenser head. That way, the air cleans any dust off the base of the condenser, as well. Once the print is dry, you can use spotting dye or spotting pens to remove the white spots. See this thread for some thoughts on that:

http://www.apug.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11632&highlight=spotting

Nice Chistina

Thank you all. I will pick up an anti-static brush and give that a try. I wasn't sure if they realy worked but sounds like others have had success with them so it is worth a try.

Thanks again

Christina

Dear Christina, using a closed drying closet and after drying direct archiving also works well to keep the dust away. sorry for the enlisch I am Dutch.

by the way, I like the picture

Your English is fine rz_inc. Thanks for your suggestions.

Christina