Lith printing: I am happy and sad (using expired papers)

darkosaric

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So, I have some old Fotokemika Varycon paper, totally fogged when using normal paper developer. But in Lith is it usable.
And I am happy with the results, but in the same time - man, once when this package is gone - no more of this, you cannot buy this stuff any more. Same goes for Fomatone MG 543.

Let me share results of Fotokemika Varycon in Moersch Easy Lith (25ml A, 25ml B in 1 liter of water):







 

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Beautiful result!
And even though it's sad that once it's gone it's gone, you díd get to print these beautiful photos!
 

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Better to use expired sheets with lith printing than to trash them because of heavy fogging.
 

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Reminds me that I have 250 sheets of Emaks in my freezer…
 
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darkosaric

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Dali said:
Reminds me that I have 250 sheets of Emaks in my freezer…
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Long time ago when I lived in Croatia, and Fotokemika was still producing - Emaks FB grade 2 was my most used paper. I would drive to Samobor, buying directly from the factory.
 

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I have grade 2-3-4 waiting for lith.
 

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On a positive note there is still a lot of lithable paper out there for those willing to search for it…..
 
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It was raining the whole weekend in the north of Germany, so I spend some time in my darkroom again.
I made a comparison of prints: Lith Fotokemika Varycon (up left) vs Lith Fomatone MG 542 (up right) vs Normal RC print on Fomaspeed (bottom):





Second comparison: Fomatome MG 542 in Easy Lith vs Fomatone MG in Ilford PQ universal:

 
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