> You tried printing film designed for printing on colour paper. I was > wondering which film he was talking about. > Colour paper has a much higher native contrast than black and white > paper, and will look flat unless printed on fairly high gontrast > paper. > Add to that the mask density, and it can be a challenge, to say the > least. > I think the only chromgenic left that prints well on B&W paper is > Ilford's XP-2. Konica makes a chromogenic, and though I haven't tried > it in the darkroom, it's mask density is low enough that it may print > OK.
I used Kodak polycontrst III B&W Resin Coated Variable Contrast paper. I'll have to try printing to color paper. I'll also have to experiment with the film above. Thanks for the lesson. I'm fairly new to darkroom techniques. I should probably mention that next time I post my darkroom experiences. > The lesson you learned is to not try to print film on material it > isn't designed for. An expensive lesson at that. I wasted so much paper. :( On the other hand, strange and interesting results can be a byproduct. > I wonder why you had to use an aperture of at least 5.6? Did you have > a problem keeping the film flat? Or did you have a problem with the > mask density increasing your printing times? The reason I used an apeture of 5.6 is becuase I could not get the dern neg to print dark enough! Arrrrggg. The film was flat on the enlarger. I'll just stick with monochromatic film for the moment. Thanks for the response. ~Alejandro
