Efke B & W Positive Paper

**tiredofthegift** · 25-Apr-2013, 21:59

I know this is an old post - I have 6 unopened packs of this paper for sale, if anyone wants it.. contact me info2@dr5.com

**Roger Cole** · 25-Apr-2013, 23:15

Interesting thought that this brings up - has anyone tried printing dr5 or other B&W transparencies onto Harman direct positive paper?

**tiredofthegift** · 26-Apr-2013, 01:54

..a few. For the very flat films it works well. It is a very contrasty paper, made for paper negs, pinhole and the like. Same for the Ilford. This EFKE paper has more silver - deeper blacks.

**Roger Cole** · 26-Apr-2013, 03:17

Yeah, I knew it was rather contrasty. I wonder if some combination of pre-flashing and a soft working developer could tame it?

For that matter though, unlike color slides which would result in non-panchromatic paper not being exposed in the yellow to red areas, I imagine you could print B&W transparencies by just using two generations - printing onto regular paper, VC if you like, then contact printing the resulting paper negative.