At 16:32 1/2/02, Barry Bean wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 22:29:24 -0700, Matt Crawley wrote:
>Hi Everyone.
>
>I've always thought these problems were simply a result of printing B&W
>photos on color paper.
They are. T400CN prints just fine in an honest to god darkroom. I
occasionally shoot this film when I want 1 hour proofs, but go to the
darkroom and print myself for any useable prints.
-
B.B. Bean bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Some one-hour consumer labs now have a chromogenic B/W paper and if you
request its use they will print your B/W's on it. One near me has two
contrast grades! You have to ask the lab manager; not all consumer labs
have it on hand. Printing on it requires changing the paper in their print
machine. Don't expect one-hour service when requesting it; it will wait
until they're not processing much and can take the time to swap the print
papers in their machine.
Like chromogenic B/W film, it's processed in color print chemistry but
renders shades of gray. Much, much, much better than trying to print it on
color paper. The downside which may bother some: its archival properties
are the same as consumer color print which isn't nearly as high as for B/W
silver gelatin prints.
-- John
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