Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!grkermi!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!amdahl!rtech!eric
From: eric@rtech.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: washing fiber paper
Message-ID: <473@rtech.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 13:35:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: rtech.473
Posted: Fri Jun  7 13:35:58 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 10-Jun-85 21:53:39 EDT
References: <2424@decwrl.UUCP> <162@harvard.ARPA>
Organization: Relational Technology, Alameda CA
Lines: 20

> One small note about leaving a fixed print in a shallow tray: If you
> want to cut down on your fixing time, don't do it. The complex silver
> salts (the undeveloped silver salts that the fixer dissolves) will be
> absorbed by the fiber in the paper. These silver salts are very
> difficult to wash away.
> 

	I agree the it's not wise to try and fix fiber prints for less than
~6 minutes each. However it is possible to do this and still shorten up your
time in the darkroom. The method is to do an initial fix for 3 minutes, then
put the print into a water holding tray. When several prints have collected
in the holding tray, then you can put all of them into a second fix for 3
minutes. The prints can then be washed normally. This way all prints get a
full 6 minutes of fixing time, but you spend less time waiting for them.
This method was suggested by Ansel Adams in his book "The Print" and is
suitable for archival prints.

-- 

			Eric Lundblad