Re: why harden gelatin sizing?


FotoDave@aol.com
Tue, 02 Nov 1999 22:22:23 -0500 (EST)


> This may work ok for most folks
> making enlargements in the usual way, but for anyone making *contact
> prints* , silver or alt., from the original negatives, I highly
> recommend a good strong dose of hardening fixer.

Hi Carl,

You have some implicit reasoning behind what you said above, but I somehow
missed it. Maybe it is obvious to many, and if so, please pardon my question
out of ignorance: what is the reason that hardening is more important in
contact printing than in enlargement?

Thanks in advance!

Dave S



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