From: Bob Kiss (bobkiss@caribsurf.com)
Date: 04/05/00-07:05:05 PM Z
DEAR JANET,
When I assisted in NYC in 1972 I used one of those printers for contact
printing my boss's negs. We used Azo and developed it in Printofine,
another fine product lost to history, though I suspect that it was a
variation of Ansco 130. Yes, the toggle switches are for selectively
dodging chosen areas. Is my memory correct that you have "off", "normal",
and "high" settings or are they just ON/OFF?
Either way the result is subtle but effective.
I don't know if they were designed for printing out papers...I suspect
not as they are tungsten lights and not very rich in U.V. which POP seems to
like. Sorry, can't help you on availability of bulbs. Enjoy that printer!
CHEERS!
BOB KISS
-----Original Message-----
From: janet neuhauser <jneuhauser@silverlink.net>
To: cweese@earthlink.net <cweese@earthlink.net>
Cc: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: Kodak Azo Paper Question
>Carl Weese wrote:
>>
>>
>> Pure silver-chloride papers are first of all too slow for enlarging--I
>> understand typical exposures under a bare 200-300 watt light bulb are in
>> the 10 to 30 second range. Enlarging exposures would take more or less
>> forever.
>
>I have the opportunity to purchase an old air force 8 x 10 contact printer
that still seems to work.
>Weren't those printers designed for silver chloride printing out papers? I
believe all the toggle
>switches on the front which dim the lights are for dodging. Does any one
know if this is correct.?
>Are bulbs still available? What kind of exposure times might one get on
this type of printer. There is
>a lot of 5 x 7 Azo (15 years old there as well. Can I assume it will
still be good? Thanks for any
>answers to these questions.
>
>Janet Neuhauser
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