[LargeFormat] Making Water in the Dark
Don Feinberg
largeformat@f32.net
Wed Apr 3 12:04:16 2002
> I think for B+W you need to read the latest in Ilford's literature on
> archival printing. They propose that we fix too long, getting the fixer
> deep into the paper, causing long wash times to remove that fixer. Their
> proposal is to.use a strong quick ix, folloed by a 2 stage quick wash....
> and they claim this is archival in process.....
For this reason I fix -- with excellent results:
1) Alkaline fixer only, never "hypo".
2) Fixing of prints: 1 minute maximum fix; wash in rotary washer / flowing
water for 20 minutes.
3) Fixing of films: 2.5 minutes maximum fix; wash in a film washer which
changes the water completely once per minute (flush and refill) for 15
changes.
Don Feinberg
donf@cybernex.net