hagerman@tincup.DEC (06/02/85)
x I used to be a big fan of RC paper too, because of the washing time, until I took a photo class at UCLA where they washed the prints in a big mechanical washer. The way it worked was that as you made prints (on fiber paper) you fixed them, then put them in a tray with about an inch of water in it and just left them there. Then at the end of the day, a lab tech came around and picked up everybody's prints and ran them through the washer and dryer. This works because fiber paper can be left in water for a long time without damage. When I make prints at home, I use the same idea; moving the fixed prints to a tray off in the corner, then washing them all at once at the end of the session in the big sink after everything else is cleaned up. Sometimes I even put off washing them until the next morning, since by 1 or 2 a.m. I'm usually not in the mood to spend a lot of effort cleaning and washing and drying. For drying, I use an old Kodak drying blotter roll or sometimes just hang the prints up. They curl into cigarettes, especially here in low-humidity Colorado, but I use single weight paper and flatten them out with an iron befor mounting. It *is* more work to use fiber than plastic, but the images are enough better that it's worth it. Doug Hagerman
ral@rayssd.UUCP (Roger A. Lema) (06/17/85)
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