Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/19

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Subject: [Leica] The BIGGEST silver gelatin print I have ever seen...
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:54 +1030
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I've just found that Ilford offers rolls to 56 inches wide.  That's wide.

Marty

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:
>>> Probably a lightjet print.
>
> Bergger and Ilford both still offer 50 inch wide rolls of B&W fibre
> base silver gelatin paper.
>
> I recall using some in 1999 and discovering new and delightful
> difficulties associated with printing that large. ?The whole process
> from hrom how to bathe it in appropriate chemistry to getting the
> stuff to dry flat(ish) was nightmarish.
>
> Marty
>
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