User manual

NO .2 FLEXO MA NUAL .
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H avi ng provid ed a suita ble li ght and a conv enie nt pl ac e to
work,
arr ange thr ee tr ays bef ore you on your work table in
this
ord e r:
20ZS. epera
Solution
4 O Z5 . Wat er
Cl ean Wat er
2
X
Towel
Kodak Acid
Fixing Bath
as directed
on page 29
3
Prop er te mp era tur e is imp o rtant and for b es t r e sult ~ the
devel
op er shou ld be 70 de gr ees Fa hr . and th e fixing bath a nd
wash w ate r 50 d eg r es Fahr. If the devel ope r exceeds 70
d eg r ees the prints are li able to f og and the emulsion so ft e n.
If t oo cold, chemical ac tion is reta rd ed, resulting in fl a t, w ea k
prints.
PRINTING.
Vel ox may be safely manipulated ten feet from the ordinary
gas fl ame.
Having eve rything in r ead in ess , op en the printing frame of
th e Bulls ·E ye Outfit and lay the negative b ac k down u pon the
gla ss-( the back is the shiny side) . Pl ace upon the negative
a sh
ee t of th e Vel ox paper f ace down.
Th e paper curls slightly, the f ace or se nsitive side being
concave ; an ab
so lute te st is to bite th e corner of the shee t ; the
se n si tive side will ad here to the t ee th.
T he paper n
ot u se d mu st be k pt cover ed in its enve l ope .
Pl
ace the printing frame the co rrect distan ce from the arti-
ficial light used, holdi ng the frame
away from the burn er a
distance
eq ual to the diag on al of th e n ega tive. S ee e xp os ur e
table, p
age 34.
We sugge st that before ma king the fir st e xposur e the cutting
of a piece of Velox paper
into strips about an in ch wide and
placing one of them over
an important part of the negative,
make th e e xpo sure, using your best judgm e nt as to the dist ance