FR Color Print Process

[Michael Talbert]

Does anyone know anything about a color print process marketed by the Fink Roselieve company which was used in the U.S.A. for making prints from color negatives. As far as I can find out the process was around in the late 1950s to early 1960s and may have replaced the Pakolor Print process. I believe it was never marketed in the U.K. as the Pakolor print process was replaced by the Pavelle P-100 process in 1962. All these print processes were aimed at the amateur photographer. I only have one reference to it in the book "Colour Prints", Jack H. Coote, published in the U.K. in 1963. The print processing sequence given in the book differs from Pakolor and Pavelle P-100. Any info gratefully received.

 

[Samu]

I must admit I don´t know anything about this process. That said, there were many different color print processes marketed to amateurs, but none of these gained much popularity, and these were mostly canceled in a couple of years. Especially when EP-2 for paper and C-41 for films became the industry standard (in the mid 1970´s), there was no actual need for these home systems, as the process was easy enough to use for amateurs too.

From historical perspective, this is interesting.

 

[Michael Talbert]

I must admit I don´t know anything about this process. That said, there were many different color print processes marketed to amateurs, but none of these gained much popularity, and these were mostly canceled in a couple of years. Especially when EP-2 for paper and C-41 for films became the industry standard (in the mid 1970´s), there was no actual need for these home systems, as the process was easy enough to use for amateurs too.

From historical perspective, this is interesting.

Michael:
Sorry for late reply. I hav'nt found out any more about the "FR" colour print process. In Jack Coote's book it gives 38 minutes as the total processing time and there were only three solutions, Developer, Fixer, and it says "Bleach", which I think means Bleach Fix. It looks as if it replaced the Pakolor print process in the U.S.A. I don't know if the two (P-100 and P-200) Pavelle/Paterson process kits were marketed in the U.S.A. or some other amateur colour print process was sold instead. I made some prints with the Paterson P-200 kit back in 1969, and when I tried to buy some more chemicals and paper, I was told the kits were no longer made so after that I went over to the Kodak Ektaprint C five bath process printing on Ektacolor Commercial paper.