Re: Mercury Vapor Wattage

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From: Jack Fulton (jefulton1@attbi.com)
Date: 06/20/03-04:05:14 PM Z


Mike:
  It'd surely work best if you had a more powerful lamp. My friend uses 1500
watts.
Jack Fulton

> I am about to buy a mercury vapor lamp for palladium printing, and wanted to
> know if 160 watts was sufficient to print small (i.e. 4x5 maximum) prints
> with reasonable exposure times (under 10 minutes). I think the lamp would
> be positioned about a foot above the paper. I see in the archives that
> 250-400 watts or so is recommended, but I'm not sure I need this due to the
> small size of my prints. Appreciate any advice.
>
> Mike
>
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