Fomaspeed in lith printing

[PiercarloT]

Good afternoon,
I'm going to start lith printing and i have a lots of questions but first of all, i have at home some fomaspeed paper so i would like to know if this paper lith well i thought to buy another type in a second time.
Many thanks for your help.

 

[mooseontheloose]

What type of Fomaspeed do you have? I believe it liths, but you want might to check. To check if any paper is lithable (useful, especially if you get your hands on some old papers) you can add a drop or two of solution B to the paper (in daylight). If the drops turn black, it won't lith. If nothing really happens (give it 2-3 minutes) then it should be okay for lith.

I love the Foma papers for lith, but I mostly use Fomatone 131 and 132. I also tend to develop at warmer temperatures (25-30 C) to help speed things up.

We have a lot of lith printers here, so feel free to ask questions.

 

[PiercarloT]

I have the fomaspeed variant 312.
Thanks for the tips to check if a paper lith or not, very interesting to know.

 

[jvo]

i not a lith expert, started about a year ago... i had been given a bunch of different papers, some unknown! what is clear is that generally the rc papers did not lith. i had better luck with fb papers!

have fun

 

[jvo]

i not a lith expert, started about a year ago... i had been given a bunch of different papers, some unknown! what is clear is that generally the rc papers did not lith. i had better luck with fb papers!

have fun

 

[PiercarloT]

Many thanks jvo.
I thought to check fomaspeed only because i have it at home.
Congrat. For have had the patience and ability to give a try to many different papers.
I think i will buy some fb paper as you suggest me and i will try and see. For how i understand this alternative process require a lot of time in experimenting...

 

[mooseontheloose]

Although it's definitely worth trying whatever papers you have, if you are just starting this process then it would probably be better to get a paper that is known to lith well, so you have some baseline of what to expect with other papers.