Re: B&W Printing

["J.Wood" <shopper@xxxxxxxx>]

At 08:20 PM 10/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>
>><Have you tried selenium toning the Ilford product in dilute toner by any 
>><chance?  I used PR for its ability to split-tone, the darks becoming cold 
>><brown and the midtones/highlights neutral grey.  No other paper I knew 
>><would do this.   
>><Larry Bullis
>
>> I have printed only one session with this paper, all of which was toned in
>> selenium at 1:20 with excellent results.  Time was 4 minutes.  
>
>Shall I presume, then, that you did not notice any change in the color 
>across the scale?  Can you be more specific about what you mean by 
>"excellent results"?  Did you try leaving a piece in the toner longer to 
>see what it did?  
>
>Thanks.
>
>Larry Bullis
>Skagit Valley College
>
There was little if any color change but I did not leave a piece behind in
the selenium toner to check. For sorting specifics, the problem is that I
toned all of the prints immediately after development.  The prints have
very clear definition and accutance.  The tones range from a soft/almost
creamy white to warm/brown blacks which are more clearly separated than the
Agfa RC prints made at the same time.  Compared to them, the blacks are
warmer and not blue and with creamier whites.  Compared to a selenium toned
Ildford MG fibre paper print made a year ago, it is closer to brown but not
sepia.  Its tones are also a bit more brown than an Agfa Portriga print
made and toned about 12 years ago.

I hope this doesn't confuse things too much.

Re the inquiry of what is PR, the reference was to Portriga Rapid and/or
its manufacture's code of PRN.

Jim
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