Bill I let my prints dry on screens then 2min @ in the drymount press @200...... I can't imagine tying my press up for a week at a time.
Wow! Now you can do Fiber Based paper!
But the funny thing is, I never use heat. I just take advantage of it being a press. Leave the prints in it for a week or so.
Bill I let my prints dry on screens then 2min @ in the drymount press @200...... I can't imagine tying my press up for a week at a time.
Wow! Now you can do Fiber Based paper!
But the funny thing is, I never use heat. I just take advantage of it being a press. Leave the prints in it for a week or so.
°CBill I let my prints dry on screens then 2min @ in the drymount press @200...... I can't imagine tying my press up for a week at a time.
I can go a few weeks between printing sessions, and during the week I might put them in the press. But as mentioned, I haven't turned it on in a long time.
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When you say @200, is that 200°C or °F?
I don't have a good sense of how hot I can make the press before I damage the paper. John Finch recommended 90°C or which is close to 200°F, so I'm using that as a starting point.
On an unrelated note, reading this makes me feel better about also taking weeks between print sessions. Even right now, when I'm actively experimenting with darkroom printing, I might end up printing every other weekend. Glad to know that week+ gaps between printing sessions is normal.
I don't have a good sense of how hot I can make the press before I damage the paper.
" paper never age"..... ?Life is long and darkroom chemicals and paper never age. The good stuff anyway. You might find some garage sale Kodak polycontrast paper that won't work at all, and once in a while a batch of vintage paper has so much fog you can't use it (but you could always fix it and reuse it for cyanotype). But a lot of the old paper I pick up here and there is just as good as new.
" paper never age"..... ?
That's true of Azo, but I've got lots of fogged old paper given to me which is useless.....
Add Kodak Kodabromide, Ilford Galerie to the list of good stuff.
I've had one or two boxes that I have marked "fogged" and one or two that I marked slight fog. But I've really, really been lucky that I like a paper that has a tendency for long life.
You've had better luck than I have. I had hopes....but 2 full boxes (!) of completely fogged Forte....and some Kodak Elite.....
a gift from an estate from a well-known Banff photographer.
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