From: Les Newcomer (lnphoto@ismi.net)
Date: 04/05/00-09:15:59 PM Z
Bob brings up a good point, the printer SHOULD have bulbs that have a flat
disc inside instead of a tungsten filiment. these are the argon bulbs I talked
about. I don't think they were designed for POP since the benefit of this
machine was very fast printing. Most of my times are in the half to 4 second
range on enlarging speed paper. Whether or not it will work is another
question.
I doubt the 15 year old paper is any good,, but somebody else on the list may
know better.
Les
Bob Kiss wrote:
> 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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