does someone try ilfomar and lith

nze · Dec 18, 2007

I am closed to investigate lith printing. As I have some stock of old warm paper inculded ilfomar ( my favorite) . I wonder if someone already tried this combination, and if it worked.

Regards

Ian Grant · Dec 18, 2007

Ilfomar really is old stock, its over 30 years since I last saw it.

Ian

nze · Dec 18, 2007

I know but I find a great stock which allow me to print on it for a year. (all boxes unfog). I will soon reach the end of the stock but hope to do nice lith on it. at last this year I find a stock of Portriga , but it seems more sensitive to Fog.

Cor · Jan 2, 2008

Hi Christian,

I can report that Ilfomar nicely lith prints in LD 20 chemistry. I just tried an old box of grade 4 18*24 Ilfomar (your question prompted me to try it!). The blacks are nice and gritty, the mid-high lights are a soft brown. I tried juts one sheet though, just before the developer was completely exhausted

nze said:
I know but I find a great stock which allow me to print on it for a year. (all boxes unfog). I will soon reach the end of the stock but hope to do nice lith on it. at last this year I find a stock of Portriga , but it seems more sensitive to Fog.

Thomas Bertilsson · Jan 2, 2008

I don't know about the Ilfomar, but I do know that Portriga prints VERY nicely in lith chemistry. Extremely slow, but that's the cost of looking good...
- Thomas

nze · Jan 6, 2008

Thanks Cor,

I was unlucky these last days , As I travel to Paris my photochemical store wasn't open and I just can't buy the product to make my lith developer. I just have to wait they open back and I'll order some and give a try to ilfomar

best

nze · Feb 3, 2008

Just to give some news about this paper and lith. with grade 1.2.3and 4 it works well , but need an exhausted developer, with a too fresh developer even if I add old one the result look warmer than a normal develeper but not lithed at all. But using exhausted developer and long dev 15min it work well.
I prefer the result I have with portriga which are my favorite for the moment followed by fomatone mg.

best
Chris

Cor · Feb 4, 2008

nze said:
Just to give some news about this paper and lith. with grade 1.2.3and 4 it works well , but need an exhausted developer, with a too fresh developer even if I add old one the result look warmer than a normal develeper but not lithed at all. But using exhausted developer and long dev 15min it work well.
I prefer the result I have with portriga which are my favorite for the moment followed by fomatone mg.

best
Chris

..Thanks for the update, Chris

Good to know that you need exhausted developer, my only test was with exhausted developer just by chance,

best,

Cor

does someone try ilfomar and lith

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