Mural printing

[Dwayne Martin]

Are any of you making big prints? Like 40x30” or more? If so what equipment are you using to do it with? I have been lately. I started with a sheet of plywood with a layer of sheet metal glued to it, and strip magnets to hold the paper down. I found that to be really tricky to deal with so I built myself a two bladed easel capable 30”x 48” exposed area. I’m curious what others are doing. My enlarger is a D5 that I converted to 8x10 with klaus lundsgaard’s conversion kit. My stand is basically a old super heavy duty commercial model with a table that drops all the way to the floor…

 

[F4U]

And you're here asking questions as to how it's done? Sounds like WE need to be asking YOU. My first question would be how to afford a few sheets of 40 inch photographic paper without ending up in the poorhouse. From there, it's a matter of being a cabinet maker or carpenter to fabricate the needed things. Sounds like you got it going on already, and no I'm not being a troll with my post. Regards and good luck

 

[Lachlan Young]

The important things I've found are: getting the relevant optimised lenses (Rodagon-G or G-Componon) if needed for your relevent size of enlargement; working out a means of paper handling that works in your space (not least as roll dispensers were so comprehensively scrapped about 15-20 years ago that they currently are about as easy to find as rocking horse excreta, and when one does appear it sells in minutes); and ensuring that you have a means to wash and dry (ideally taped out under tension) the resulting print. Some real brute power from the enlarger can help too.