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I live in Hawaii, and accessing enlargers that print 5x7 or larger are rare here.
Are there any other alternative ways to enlarge, focus and print full frame 4x5 negatives.
Doug.

Buying a 5x6 enlarger, etc.

This is the only solution to my current enlargers. Doug.

hi HartleyFalbaum. thank you for the information. I just bought the Lektra TM 569R. Maybe it will work with the McMaster-Carr that you use on your TM8? d david y.

hi, I know this is an old two and a half year old thread but does the foot switch from McMaster-Carr work on a Lektra tm 560R? (and which switch would be specific for them?).
If I should start a new...

Just got mine in the mail today: brilliantly designed. Solidly built. Worth buying. >Doug Young

if I removed the two bellows it would free-up straighter light path... has anyone ever taken their bellows off an enlarger? or somehow lower the head so it would be closer to the negative.

hi mdarnton
my condensor head is... too low? too high? not properly set-up?
could be true. but I have no examples to see if head is correctly set up.
Would a different head lower or higher create...

I just double checked my enlarger lens on the 4x5 and it is a 150mm:
anyone use a lens longer than 150?

hi mdarnton
by plates directly above or below the carrier; I use a homemade glass negative carrier with tape as a hinge. should i file the interior of the head where the "hole" of the cone of light...

hi Jim
what brand enlarger was it? > d david y

hi Dan
yes the Beseler is an old MCRX45 with a 135mm enlarger lens and the final enlarged printed negatives larger than "contact-prints" e.g. 8x10 images have corners of the negative on the print...

I'm interested:)

Is my enlarger lens at 135mm too short to print full frame? Would a 150mm possibly work?

hi mdarnton
I made a glass-negative-carrier similar to yours without anti newton glass. I checked the top of the enlarging head to see if the corners of the 4x5 negative "cleared" the "hole" (sorry...

hi Jim, when my enlarger is at it's highest height with my longest enlarging lens on my 4x5 enlarger the projected image onto the baseboard is cut-off on the corners, all four. My goal is to get a...

hi, I want to print the above at sizes larger than contact prints with a black border ("full-frame"). Is it possible to print a 4x5 negative on an old 4x5 Beseler enlarger which I use to print them...