Would 7 year old Kodak Elite paper be any good, it it wasn't frozen?

[Scott Walker]

Would 7 year old Kodak Elite paper be any good, it it wasn't frozen?

It was stored in a basement, at slightly lower than room temperature.


Vick

Test it, if it is fogged add a few ounces of photo grade potassium bromide to the developer and re test it.
If the potassium bromide fixes the problem use the paper and if it does not, either use it for paper negatives or toss it out.

[Vaughn]

Don't toss it out!

It is great paper for final support of carbon prints!!!!!!!!!

[Kevin Crisp]

I think it was a developer-incorporated paper? If so, that is part of the short shelf life. I've had other papers kept at about 35 degrees last for more than a decade.

[Mark Sampson]

Elite was not developer-incorporated. It was Kodak's return to high-quality fiber-base paper, which all but disappeared after the introduction of RC paper in the mid-70s, and the Hunt brothers' attempt to corner the silver market c.1980. Elite was on a very heavy, almost triple-weight base, and was big news c.1985. I used a lot of it, as I worked for Kodak then and could get it at a discount, but never really enjoyed it. I found it difficult to get prints I liked, although it was undoubtedly a silver-rich paper. Certainly many people made beautiful prints on it.