Re: New to Lith printing

["Jaap Los" <imagefotografie@xxxxxx>]

David,
For Lith printing you need paper that is suitable.  Just any paper will not
do! The ones you mention will certainly not work!
Sterling Premium Lith will do excellently and also Kentmere Kentona or Royal
Art Classic (in the US Luminos Classic Warmtone resp. Luminos Classic
Charcoal R). I use the two parts developer A and B (Fotospeed LD20) and
dilute them as follows: 30 cc A + 30 cc B  + 1 litre ordinary water. This
developer will last for about 8 prints size 24 x 30 cm (9 x 12 inches) and
should be used in one session. After that it is exhausted.  Stopping and
fixing as usual, temperature about 20C/68F. I have no experience with the
single solution developer. I highly recommend the book of  Lith-guru  Tim
Rudman named: The Master Photographer's Lith Printing Course. Before you
start, realize that it is very time consuming. but very satisfying. Recently
the German manufacturer Maco at Hamburg  also advertise about their Lith
developer ( I think the single solution type) and Lith paper. They claim
that their developing procedure is less time consuming. I want to test it
myself in future. See also my website for more details/samples of Lith
printing and please keep me informed about your progress. Success!
Greetings,
Jaap Los
The Netherlands

See also my infrared photography homepage at:
http://home.wxs.nl/~losjb/hometest.html
with lots of infrared photographs, some of them lith-printed.

----- Original Message -----
From: David J. Romano <romano@xxxxxxxx>
To: <INFRARED@xxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:09 PM
Subject: New to Lith printing


> Hello all,
> I'd like to try to do some lith printing and I'm looking for a short
> "how to". I understand normal B&W papers are used with diluted lith
> developer. A couple of questions:
>
> 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.
>
> 2) Are there and special considerations for processing temperture,
> fixing or washing?
>
> 3) The papers I normally use are Agfa Multicontrast Classic (FB) and
> Ilford Multigrade IV FB, any experience with either of these?
>
> Thanks,
> David Romano
>
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