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Degroto
28-May-2018, 13:19
Last year I got to print some large images at my school. I made some prints of 1x1,2 meters. I wanted to do some more but my darkroom was not equipped to do such a thing. And no money to start looking into DIY solutions. Fast forward a year. 2 weeks ago I went back to my former school to do another session of large format printing. It stil is awesome to do so now I have started to get the neccesary stuff to do it myself in my own darkroom. Step 1 was to get some gutters and cut them up to roughly 1,33 m each. A lot of glue and presto gutters that can hold enough water. Next I have to build a plate that can stand up straight so I can attach the paper to it. I have the wood and stuff but I need to figure out how to make the stand. Anyway a photo of the gutters:
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Jac@stafford.net
28-May-2018, 13:36
Excellent work on the gutter trays!
So you have an enlarger that tilts 90º, is that correct?
Degroto
28-May-2018, 14:17
It should but it is not working somehow. I have the Durst L184. I know which part i have to loosen or which knob to loosen but the head isn't doing anything. Guess i have to take the head apart to see what is wrong. So my first test will be makin a print the size of the base plate of the enlarger.
I figured the enlarger issue out. I made some test prints with the head in the normal position. And I made a video and a blog about it:
https://allthingsanalogue.weebly.com/blog/printing-large
I really liked that video; nice work! Great to see that your plan worked out as intended.
Thodoris Tzalavras
8-Jun-2018, 04:31
Thanks for sharing this!
You know what they say about guys with big enlargers...big prints! :) So, that video was fascinating, but I have a question: How do you get even development? Doesn't the paper stick to itself and prevent developer from getting in there? Same with the stop?
Because you keep rolling the paper it will get new developper. So the developping is failry even if done good. That is why I have enough testing paper to get that right. :-)
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