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    I need help in printing color paper

    25 Years A Go I Used To Print My Own 120 Color Film In My Darkroom. I Still Have All The Equipment. Now I Want To Start Again. I Bought Fujicolor Cristal Archive Color Paper And Kodak Ra Chemicals.
    I Enlarged One 8x10 And After Procesing, Nothing Came Out.
    Could Anybody Tell Me What I Did Wrong?

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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    Quote Originally Posted by silver4198 View Post
    25 Years A Go I Used To Print My Own 120 Color Film In My Darkroom. I Still Have All The Equipment. Now I Want To Start Again. I Bought Fujicolor Cristal Archive Color Paper And Kodak Ra Chemicals.
    I Enlarged One 8x10 And After Procesing, Nothing Came Out.
    Could Anybody Tell Me What I Did Wrong?
    It could be insufficient exposure from the enlarger or other light source if a contact print.

    It could be that the emulsion side of the paper is down instead of toward the light source. This is sometimes an easy mistake to make in the dark.

    It could be that the baths, developer and blix, were reversed.

    It could be that the developer is contaminated.

    It would be helpful if you could explain how you are exposing and processing the paper (i.e. enlarger/contact frame, trays/processor, etc.) Is the paper completely blank or are there traces of image?
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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    When you say nothing cam out, do you mean the paper is totally black? With no image? Give us some more info so we can help!

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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    Thanks You For Your Attention
    Yes I Can See The Picture, But No Details At All

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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    Not to be flippant, did you expose the paper correct side up?
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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    I Used The Ektacolor Ra Developer And Fuji Paper. My Enlarger Is Super Chromega C760.
    I Would Appreciate If Anyone Can Tell Me The Steps To Process The Paper With The Chemicals.

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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    I Use Drum , My Chemicals Are Ektacolor Ra Developer Ra/4
    Ektacolor Blich Fix And Kodak Glacial Acetic Acid For The Stop Bath
    My Color Analyzer Readings Are
    Magenta 66 Yellow 60 Cyan 44 Printing Time 52 Sec

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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    yes greg the paper was side up. i think the problem is in the precessing.
    if you know the steps please let me know. in the 70's the developer was only one chemical, now the ektacolor ra4 is 3 steps

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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    I have only used Kodak RA4 in a processor -- Developer, then Bleach/Fix, then wash. No stop bath.

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    Re: I need help in printing color paper

    how long you give the developer and the blichfix

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