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Yeah it’s not wildly out of reach. That does include 2 30L replenishing tanks. This is the description in the quote Colenta RA4 Eco Line Paper Processor RA50 22" Wash 4 Tank 50cm/min. @ 45 sec. dev time Tank sequence: DEV / BF / WASH 1 / WASH 2 and Warm Air dryer -incl. loading table -incl...

Just got a quote from the US supplier. A bit more than what I had thought. But all in shipping tax etc looks like it’ll be a little above $18,000 Somehow I must have read that the lower end machine were somewhere around $11k-$15k. I’m still exploring the possibility of opening a rental...

I’m in Orange County California and was using a rental darkroom in LA before setting up my own darkroom at home developing in jobo drums. Last year I spent $3,000 on rental darkroom time. So my own career would almost pay it off over time, there’s a few darkrooms in LA but nothing down here so...

Reading this as I’m researching investing in a colenta ecoline 56 processor lol. I’ve been heavily looking into growing my darkroom into a community/rental darkroom.

Thanks for the info! Did you have to do much work to get the voltage to work or are you not based in the United States? It’s not so much the time cleaning up after printing that’s an issue so much as it is needing to be involved in every step while processing in drums. For larger printing...

I don’t use any clips in the 2800 tanks. I’m just doing 1 sheet of 10x12 or 11x14 paper at a time.

Pretty rad for the dip and dunk baskets. Even on the smaller side it sounds like a lot to get setup and operating with that method. Jobo 2800 series drums have been working well for me so far but at some point I would love to automate and speed up the process a bit more and a roller processor...

These processors seem very hard to find for good deals these days let alone for $100. Are there any older processors that would be worth spending a couple thousand dollars on? There’s a pretty clean Fujimoto cp31 on eBay but $6,000 just seems way too ridiculous for a unit that old even if it...

Interesting, so does this work more or less like the nova slot processor?

I’ve been printing this whole year in Jobos so far. Hasn’t been too much hassle overall. I’ve gone through about almost 30L of developer so far this year in Jobo’s. I do have quite a bit of drums but I find that I really only need 2 full size drums to and about 4 test drums. Drying the drum...

I suppose I could. There shouldn’t be any restrictions I would assume. Might need to figure out how to package it the best so it doesn’t get damaged. I don’t have bleach fix starter (or honestly know what that is). I just use the Kodak SP Blix and it’s worked great for me.

I’m looking at a Ilford CAP40 converted for RA4 for sale and just wanted to come here to hopefully get some more insight on it and figure if it’s right for me. Overall I’m wondering if there’s anything to think about or consider about this unit before purchasing. I price seems ok at least for...

Are you based in LA? I recently bought a box of the Kodak starter. Could probably sell you a single bottle.

Are you still using Kodak starter? I’m using Kodak single part chemicals as well and curious why you’re switching. Are you staying with Kodak blix?

I’m nearing the finish line on this darkroom. Got a harbor freight work bench and a rolling cart which is holding my water bath and waste tank and fresh water tank below. I’m currently operating with no running water so I basically fill up the jug with the hottest tap water and then dispense...