From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 03/10/03-02:18:44 AM Z
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Scott Wainer wrote:
> After reading your post, I went against manufacturers warnings (there
> goes my warrenty on a $3 hairdryer) and removed the heating elements
> before printing this morning. I had always been told that quick drying
> (by heat?) was OK and that there was a considerable loss of contrast and
> Dmax if one waited several hours before printing the sensitized paper. I
> also wanted the paper bone dry before putting it against a negative.
However you *still* don't say if leaving off the heat helped. I also
suggest that you *test* to see if that quick drying matters -- what you
were "told" is often wrong. It does matter in platinum. I found that it
didn't in kallitype.
J.
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