Re: Lith printing with Ilford papers

["Tim Rudman" <tim.rudman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Dr. Harald Hoyer <h.hoyer@xxxxxxx>

>Many thanks for your advices Tim!
>
>I bought your book "The photographer's master printing course" two weeks
>ago. From my sight the arrangment, the technical contents and the examples
>are excellent. Unfortunately there is no german translation available at
the
>market.
>The short chapter about lith printing is also informative for absolute
>beginners especially the material tips on page 104. But it seems not easy
to
>get a lith developer for paper in Germany.
>So perhaps you can help me solving the following two problems:
>
>- which is a good paper / developer combination for beginners ?
>- where is it possible top buy paper lith developer
>
>I am sure I will buy your book about lith printing if it is available at
>amazon.de because this is the easiest way. I hope they will sell it in 1 or
>2 months - if not then I will make an order from the author ;-)
>
>                                              Harald
>-----------------------------------------------------
>> Harald
>> Ilford PE papers are not good for lith printing, very few are. I have
just
>> been sent the soon to be released Paterson Warm tone which is a
>> resin paper,
>> and Paterson tell me it will lith but I have yet to test it. Ilford MGWT
>> will lith but the results are less dramatic. It gives more ivory tones
and
>> benefits from hot development. It can give interesting results in second
>> pass lith development after bleaching though. Any of the lith
>> devs work well
>> (Dokulith is not this sort of lith developer)
>> By the way, if you want a book I can do one through the post for you. A
>> German edition is being discussed but I have no idea if or when
>> it will come
>> Tim
>>------------------------------------------------------

Some emulsions have changed since the book you have Harald, so some simple
tweaking of the dev is needed with Sterling Lith paper now (it is Process
Supplies lith in the book you have) as it has become prone to pepper
fogging - a rash of dots over the print. Easy to control when you know.
Best papers are Sterling Lith, Forte's papers - Fortezo, polywarmtone,
Ploygrade and bromofort, Kentmeres Kentona (different name in US)& Art
Classic. The latter more for the colours than the other lith effects. Also
Kodak Transtar TP5 (resin) - and especially for you Hans O. Mahn's Macolth
dev and Maco Expo papers. They are in Hamburg so you should have no problems
getting them. Try PHOTO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx They will be in the US under Cachet
too.
Sterling are putting up a new web site any time now and you can order
direct. They will be showing extracts from the book too. I'll let you all
know when it is up.
Tim



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