Yes, agreed. My concern is that the paper bag that the paper came in might get compromised at some point and I wouldn't know it, so cutting a lot of paper at once and keeping it in a paper safe is preferable to me. Then leaving the rest of the uncut roll in the light tight bag, and that inside a light tight changing bag would make me feel better.This will have to be completely light tight at all times, and a single mistake will screw up a lot of paper. IMHO a large stash of paper should not be in the same room with a set of photographic bathes and an active enlarger at any given time. I therefore strongly recommend that you cut the paper to more accessible sizes in one session, then print on these cut sheets in a separate session.
Since you then have the whole dark room available to your paper cutting operation, you can create a nifty setup to make paper cutting quick and efficient, and there will be no need for room light between steps. That broom stick axle will serve you well to keep the paper off the ground and in a spot where you can find it in the dark.
I second Luckless' suggestion. That's a very good idea.
Well, I'd be willing to buy one I haven't been able to find any. Do you know what they are called?There's commercially-made paper cartridges/roll holders/etc. that can be used for this purpose, e.g. the cartridges that these size rolls were designed for, for machine-printing labs. Something like that might be easier to source and use and be more light-tight. Just a thought.
Thanks very much. That seemed to be the only one on Ebay for any reasonable price but it's for 6" paper.Hi , what you are looking for is called a minilab paper magazine cassette.
For example here is one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NORITSU-271...326884?hash=item1e9adf08a4:g:oLIAAOSwqu9U-Qbv
It wont matter what machine the cassette fits as you are just using it to store paper.
The most important thing is getting the cassette for the right paper width. Most of these cassettes come in a fixed size, eg: 152mm (6"), 203mm (8") etc. That means that the cassette spindle that holds the paper roll is set to a fixed paper width and so are the internal guides. Any of the Fuji Frontier and Noritsu I have used were always fixed sized. With these paper cassettes there will be a small tongue of paper at the cassette light trap paper exit, that could get slighty fogged. A minilab machine always advances a small piece of paper and cuts it to avoid this.
When buying second hand minilab paper magazine cassettes be sure to check it for light tightness. If a screw is missing or there is a crack in the case or the unit doesn't lock light tight or the seals are damaged, then you risk rogging a full roll. The only way to check this and avoid ruining this is to cut a short length of paper and put it emulsion side up in the cassette, close it up and leave the cassette in daylight for a few hours. Then process your paper and it shouldn't have any light leaks on it.
There are actually a LOT of them on Ebay. I might just spring for one. I messaged a couple of sellers about what they had, if one pans out, my problem is solved.Cool, that noritsu paper magazine on ebay is right next door practically! I may pick one of those up just for the hell of it, since they are so close.
It looks like it's adjustable to any size paper up to probably 11" wide or so, from the looks of it. hard to tell where the slot is though for the paper to come out... it must be light-trapped some how.
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