Re: New to Lith printing

[Cor Breukel <cor@xxxxxxx>]

David,

The best thing if you're serious about lith printing: get Tim Rudmen's
excellent book on Lith printing. Tim is on this very list to answer
further questions: although I believe he is in Cuba right now...
But I'll try to answer your questions briefly;

"David J. Romano" wrote:


> 1) Does the developer have to be the traditional lith developer which
> uses parts A and B and mixed right before use? The graphic arts industry
> uses mostly a single solution developer made of water, hydroquinone,
> potassium sulfite and potassium carbonate. Will this work? I'll probably
> try it anyway, but I'd like to hear your opinions on it.
> 

..I tried the one solution dev.; it didn't work: you realy need the A/B
type developer, and use it much diluted.


> 2) Are there and special considerations for processing temperture,
> fixing or washing?
> 

..there is one special consideration: a lot of patience; it can
sometimes take upto 25 miutes before the image appears!


> 3) The papers I normally use are Agfa Multicontrast Classic (FB) and
> Ilford Multigrade IV FB, any experience with either of these?
> 

..These probably will not work: you need more or less special papers;
check out the4 web sites of MACO, Silverspeed and Fotoimpex in Germany
for more info,

Best,

Cor
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