Color print paper and B&W

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jjs - 24 Aug 2004 16:48 GMT

Okay, it's a stretch and I'm ignorant but I'm involved in buying out an old
darkroom where they have a huge load of 14-year-old, oversized (14"+) color
negative printing paper. Is there any chance of using this material with B&W
chemistry? I'm talking peanuts for price, but if it's useless... well.

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Michael R. Lachance - 24 Aug 2004 17:08 GMT

If it has been kept well, frozen or in cool dry place, low humidity etc,
then you might get away with dialing in a color profile for the paper in its
old state and produde decent prints...

However, if its been water damaged, ice , humidity, heat etc .. chances are
its junk.

But what the heck, if the price is right, get it and do a test, maybe its
still workable.

> Okay, it's a stretch and I'm ignorant but I'm involved in buying out an old
> darkroom where they have a huge load of 14-year-old, oversized (14"+) color
> negative printing paper. Is there any chance of using this material with B&W
> chemistry? I'm talking peanuts for price, but if it's useless... well.

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Michael R. Lachance - 24 Aug 2004 17:12 GMT

oh, woops, u want to use the color paper for b/w chems/prints...

Id say thats probably not going to be worth your trouble and time,
regardless of how many peanuts it all costs.
And the results will be pretty much muddled junk. But hey you can TRY if you
want...

(Better to just use b/w paper)
My opinion of course. ;)

> If it has been kept well, frozen or in cool dry place, low humidity etc,
> then you might get away with dialing in a color profile for the paper in its
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> B&W
> > chemistry? I'm talking peanuts for price, but if it's useless... well.

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jjs - 24 Aug 2004 17:48 GMT

> oh, woops, u want to use the color paper for b/w chems/prints...
>
> Id say thats probably not going to be worth your trouble and time,
> regardless of how many peanuts it all costs.
> And the results will be pretty much muddled junk. But hey you can TRY if you
> want...

;) Nope. If it's not straightforward, I don't think I will even try to use
it for B&W. Storage of unusable stuff is a problem. Oh, it has been stored
in a cool dry cellar but.... but... naah. I'll pass. THANK YOU for saving
me some grief!

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Michael R. Lachance - 24 Aug 2004 17:54 GMT

FWIW ive found that cool cellars do exist, but generally "dry" cellars are
non existant unless you live in Arizona.
glad to hear youve opted for the headache-free decision.
ML

> > oh, woops, u want to use the color paper for b/w chems/prints...
> >
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> in a cool dry cellar but.... but... naah. I'll pass. THANK YOU for saving
> me some grief!

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Gregory Blank - 24 Aug 2004 20:36 GMT

Mine's dry best I run a dehumidifer 24/7 at full power. The water dumps
right into the sump.

> FWIW ive found that cool cellars do exist, but generally "dry" cellars are
> non existant unless you live in Arizona.
> glad to hear youve opted for the headache-free decision.
> ML

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Gregory Blank - 24 Aug 2004 17:23 GMT

Maybe you want to test it first before paying a dime.

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