I did all of the printing for two editions of an Atlas of Parasitology while still a graduate student at Tulane. It took some convincing for me to get the two authors (old guys) to use Ektachrome instead of Kodachrome. At the time, New Orleans had the best color lab in the USA (Primary Color), and getting slides developed in an hour with no greenish hue did it.
My biggest challenge was getting the plastic print drums absolutely clean between procedures. As I recall, it involved ammonia, detergent, my bathtub, and a rinse in Orbit bath to get the drums totally clean. Regards, Jeffery _________________ Jeffery Smith Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Jul 7, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > On 7/7/2012 20:43, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> Cibachrome actually goes back to the 70's. I printed thousands of them in my >> 1-room studio apartment, using a walk-in closet as a darkroom. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jeffery > > Me too... but not to your numbers.... but walk in closet and Ciba, yes. > > In fact, I learned cibachrome printing before I learned how to develop black > and white negs. I had been afraid I would mess up doing the negs. > > Cibachrome chems were nasty and getting the exposure right was a lot of work. > I've got maybe 100 or so 8 x 10's in a file drawer and a couple > on the wall. But their longevity so far at least is equal to the hype > > ann > > >> _________________ >> Jeffery Smith >> Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA >> www.400tx.com >> >> >> >> On Jul 7, 2012, at 7:27 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>> To which I could only answer Duh? I've done wet print processing with >>> Cibachrome, one of the easiest methods available in the 80's. There's no >>> comparison a decent, and there are very few that aren't decent, inkjet >>> printer makes color printing much easier. Now are the images produced >>> better, artistically, or more compelling somehow, that might be a question >>> to ask. >>> >>> -- >>> Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid >>> a lengthly search. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
