Kodak Paper.

[Larry the sailor]

When did Kodak enlarger paper cease to exist? I went "dormant" at the end of 1995 and I cold still get it then I think but I was using Ilford at the time as it was readily available for me.
Looking at a Craigslist ad and it shows quite a bit of old Kodak paper. Just kind of wondering how old it might be.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

2005? That was a bad year for me because Ilford almost tanked.

 

[Larry the sailor]

Thanks, That was during my "dark ages" when I was doing no photography at all.

 

[mooseontheloose]

That sounds right to me too. I had just come back from Japan and was starting my first ever darkroom class and I remember they had displays for the paper. I think I was able to use one box before switching over to Agfa since there wasn't a whole lot of Ilford around either.

 

[kreeger]

Here's the original excerpt of the June 16, 2005 Kodak press release discussing the end of paper production. Was being made in Brazil at the time of the annoucement.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I sure miss their Elite Fine Art paper...

 

[Larry the sailor]

I sure miss their Elite Fine Art paper...

I think I've got a couple boxes, it's probably from the late '80s and not properly store though.

 

[Cholentpot]

I've got some from around '04-'05. I've printed with it and it still looks OK.

 

[Michael W]

2005, remember it well. Same year that Agfa Photo went under. Also the same year that the big Fletcher's photo store in Pitt St, Sydney, went bust.

 

[kreeger]

In my experience this year, the last of the outdated Kodak Elite paper has not held up well, despite keeping it cold/frozen, but the last of the Polymax Fine Art has. My Polymax expired in 2005.

 

[Ronald Moravec]

I've got some from around '04-'05. I've printed with it and it still looks OK.

Great. I am reopening the darkroom and there are 10 boxes of 11x14 Elite frozen. I must have got them on sale as they are way more than I would ever buy at one time.

 

[Cholentpot]

Great. I am reopening the darkroom and there are 10 boxes of 11x14 Elite frozen. I must have got them on sale as they are way more than I would ever buy at one time.

The stuff I got was in a storage unit. I'm not picky though, for all I know my prints are foggy and nasty. I'm just happy when something comes out.

 

[pcyco]

yesterday i put a package of polymax to the waste. complete foggy and cloudy prints.