RE: Pinkish-Brown colorsI've heard that printing with Kodalith S uper RT developer can create a very soft, low-contrast image with a pinki sh brown color. Has anyone tried this? What is the best paper to use?T hanks for the info.John

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From: Vrueh, G.J. de (G.J.de.Vrueh@pve.agro.nl)
Date: 04/03/00-03:30:46 AM Z

Hello John,

Indeed it is possible to use very diluded lith developer in combination with
a suitable paper to obtain the caracterstics you have discribed.

Ideed as others have already mentioned the book by Tim Rudman is a very good
guide.

I myself have this book and have done lith printing two times now. Sofar i
have limited my materials to Sterling Premium Lith in combination with there
LD20 developer (two parts)(the brandname is fotospeed these days but the
material is the same).

The firs time i used the developer i diluded 1+16 (dev+H2O) but this gave
very long developing times (>40 minutes)and i found the lith effect to be
dissapointing (maybe i chould have exposed the paper longer). The second
time i kept to less dilution 1+13 and this gave me very rewarding effect.
10-15 minutes dev-time, Pale delicat highlights in combination with blue
black gritty shadows.

The only downside of the sterling paper is that D-Max is limited to 1,6 and
that is not a very deep black.
In the future i will try out other papers such as tapestry.

Unfortunately the kodak lith developer is not obtaineble in the Netherlands
but LD20 is a good substitude. Remember that developing capacity is very low
because of the high delution. Sometimes only one 30X40 print and a teststrip
can be developed after wich you have to add more concentrate or discard the
old dev by new.

Greetings
Gerard de Vrueh

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Onderwerp: Pinkish-Brown colorsI've heard that printing with Kodalith
Super RT developer can create a very soft, low-contrast image with a
pinkish brown color. Has anyone tried this? What is the best paper to
use?Thanks for the info.John

Hello list.
I've heard that printing with Kodalith Super RT developer can create a very
soft, low-contrast image with a pinkish brown color. Has anyone tried this?

What is the best paper to use?
Thanks for the info.
John

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