Fiber base paper in a Jobo (Re: [Leica] Darkroom Equipment)

["Roy Zartarian" <royzart@connix.com>]

I have done fiber based paper in a Jobo. The nice part is that the 
paper doesn't get wrinkled from repeated handling. HOWEVER:
your drum needs to be absolutely dry when you load the paper. 
That means an extra step and extra time between prints or an 
additional drum set up. Then too, you do not see the results until 
you've completed the entire process - you'll need to go through an 
entire develop-stop-some fixing for a test strip, then clean and dry 
the drum. If you plan on toning, you won't be able to tone by 
inspection and you have to be especially scrupulous in cleaning 
out the lift (if you have one) as well as the drum components.  
Otherwise, residual toner will stain the next print developed.

All in all, after a few days of developing prints in a Jobo, I went 
back to the trays.

For washing, I begin with Heico Permawash for two minutes then 
an hour wash in a Zone VI washer. For drying, fiberglass screens 
have worked fine, but after a batch of RC prints, I spray the screens 
with undiluted bleach (Clorox) then hose them down to kill any 
residual fixer that may have adhered to the mesh.

Roy


On 22 Sep 99, at 10:05, Anne-
Temp_Brackett@READERSDIGEST.COM wrote:

> step into printing on Fiber. I use the JOBO Processor and understand that I
> can print Fiber paper in drums. I request direction in the following:
>      Do I need an archival wash?
>      Does anyone use a densitometer? If so, which one?
>      How do you dry the paper (screens or dryer)?
>      Any other suggestions?
> Thank you.
> 
> Anne
> 
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