User manual

EAST~ IAN KODAK CO~IPA l V.
from the li ght and the tim e of printing. Dev el op it, a nd if n ot
sa ti sfac tory tr y an othe r s tr ip, varyi ng the time as indi cat ed by
the fir
st r es ult. \Nhen the d es ired effect is secu r ed , you can
mak e any numb er of print s from th e sa me n ega tive, and if the
time of exposu re , dista n ce from lig ht as we ll as the tim e of
deve l oping are identi ca l, all th e print s shou ld be eq ually good.
By compar ing yo ur other n ega tives with the one yo u h ave
t ested, you will be ab le to mak e a fairly acc ur ate es timate of
exposure r equ ired by any ne ga ti ve.
Aft er taking the ex po sed pi ece of paper from th e printing
fram e, in a safe pl ace previou sly se l ec ted, it is r ea dy for devel·
o
pm ent. Th e d ry pr int shou ld be imm ersed face up III th e
d
eve loper (T r ay No. I ) and quick ly and eve nly cove r ed with
the so lut ion. R e gu lar Vel ox sh ou ld be deve l op ed not to exceed
fifteen seco nd s ; spec ial Vel ox about twi ce as lon g. No exac t
time can be
giv en, as th e s tr en gt h of d eve l ope r us ed would
m ake a differen ce in the tim e.
As soo n as t he im ag e h as r eac h ed the d es ired de pth remo ve
from the d eveloper to th e second tr ay a nd r inse fo r a mome nt ,
turnin g the p rint seve ral tim es , then pla ce it in the acid fixing
bath
(Tr ay 0.3) k ee ping th e print moving for a few seconds,
the sam e as was don e when rinsing, so as to give eve n and
thor
oug h fixing, pr eve nt i ng stains a nd other tr o ubl es . Le a ve
the print in this so lution until thorou gh ly fixe d; this will ta ke
abo ut fift ee n minut es . ' Wh en fixed re mov e from the fixing bath
a
nd w as h thor ou gh ly for abo ut an ho ur in running water, th en
dry . After drying, prin ts m ay be trim med a nd mounted. Do
not use a fixing bath t hat h as been u sed for fixing film.
Yo u sho uld be systematic in wo rking , reme mb e ring that
cl ea nlin ess is esse nt ial in ph otog r ap h y. Care mu st be take n to
pr eve nt the Hypo fixing ba th in any way ge ttin g into the tr ay
co nt aining the de vel oper. H a ve a cl ea n t owe l wh en b eg inning
the wo rk and wip e yo ur ha n ds eac h time after yo u have handled
prints in fixi ng bath.