Printing images from a cynical distinguishes those who simply haul snapshots from the businesslike photographer. Pour out prewash and add bleach/fix, followed by wash and stabilizer. Pour out each before adding the next solution.12.
1. Discussion contact event and pick a balky to enlarge. Revenue adverse strip outside of sleeve and abode inside the frame in the centre of the refusal carrier. Cause decided the emulsion side of the movie, or shiny side, faces up. Lasting the enlarger attitude using a lever normally located to the exactly of the rejection carrier slot. Switch on the enlarger light.
2. Focus the image on the masking easel - a flat metal plate with sliding arms on all four sides for cropping the image manually - on the baseboard. Adjust the easel arms to mask off a portion of the image that gives a fair representation of the range of colors in the image. Switch the enlarger light off and place a piece of print paper on the easel. Make sure the ends are held in place by the easel arms.
3. Place a piece of cardboard over the test strip leaving a small part exposed. After each exposure move the cardboard to reveal more of the test strip until it is completely exposed.
4. Make several test strips using the same time intervals, but increasing the amount of two of the colors on the color dial each time. For example, the color dial in the first test strip might read yellow 60, magenta 30 and blue 0, the next one yellow 70, magenta 40, and blue 0.
5. Develop the test patch and take it into a lighted room. Decide which exposed segment looks best. Use this as a gauge for deciding how long to expose the print paper and set the color dials when making an enlargement.
6. Switch on enlarger light to make the print. Place a piece of used print paper white-side-up on the easel and focus the image. Create a border around the image by sliding the easel arms up to the edge of the image so it just overlaps.
7. Set the color dial and timer based on the test strip and switch on the timer.
Curve the sheet of exposed paper slightly and place it in the processing drum in complete darkness with emulsion - or shiny side - inward. Place the lid securely on the drum and turn on the light.10.
8. Remove the print from the easel and begin developing.
Developing the Print
9.Remove the lid from the opening in the processing drum cap without removing the entire cap. Pour prewash solution in the same volume as the cylinder into the processing drum. Agitate the drum by rolling it for the prescribed amount of time.
11. Learning your hang-up on all sides of a camera is individual the fundamental apportionment of a faultless course that culminates in the darkroom.
Instructions
Making a Test Strip and Making the Print
After pouring out the stabilizer, remove the print from the drum. Remove excess solution with a squeegee and feed the paper through an air dryer.
Making a Contact Print
13. Secure the lens in the enlarger head, which sits directly above the baseboard. Rotate the aperture ring on the lens to f8. Switch on the enlarger light.
14. Raise or lower the enlarger head using a knob typically located on the right side of the enlarger support column. Focus the light using a knob usually found just to the right of the lens until a rectangle of even light covers the baseboard.
15. Set the color dials on the front of the enlarger head. Begin with a standard setting (i.e. yellow 60, magenta 30 and blue 10).
16. Switch off the enlarger light. Place a sheet of print paper emulsion-side-up on the baseboard.
17.Place negatives emulsion-side-up on top of the print paper and lay a piece of glass over the negatives to hold them in place.
18. Set the enlarger timer for 10. Time will vary depending on the density of the negative. Switch on the timer. After the print paper has been exposed, remove it and place it in the processing drum. Secure the lid on the drum and begin developing the print.
