"Kodalith translucent material," anyone?

[Rich Ullsmith]

There's a 10X12 100 sheet box of this stuff listed on the bay, and I can't find out anything about it. Basically wondering if it's Transtar TP5 under a different name. I got about a square mile of TP5 in the freezer, but if this stuff is appreciably different, I would love to hear about it.

 

[Mike Wilde]

All the Kodalith I have palyed with has a transparent base. My bet is the poster who is selling the stuff had an open box, and fished out an unexposed unfixed sheet. What they saw would explain the translucent part of the descriptor.

 

[Mike Crawford]

Sounds like Kodalith film which will be closer to the original Kodak lith paper but on a thin film base. I used to use it for a client 15 years ago to make lith positive transparencies and it really is a great material for infectious lith development. It works in the exact same fashion as paper but being on film has less uses. It should not be so wildly pink and green as TP5, but more like the original Kodak FB lith paper if it's still in good condition. Would be great for a light box exhibition. (Or dare I say scanning!)

I remember I bought some TP5 from the same seller as yourself and I've still got a hell of a lot of it left too!

 

[Rich Ullsmith]

The box says Kodalith Translucent Material. Doesn't say paper, doesn't say film. They are asking $290 for 50 sheets, which is pretty steep for me.