Hi, I'm situated in New Delhi, India and just started working with Ilford's Direct Positive Paper (8x10).

Before I could get my hands on some, my local Ilford dealer has run out of Ilford PQ universal developer that is recommended for usage with this paper and wont be getting it back in stock for a while. I'm now left with 2 options- Fomatol P and regular D 163 chemistry. Has anybody used these two developers? How has the result and experience been? I'm not really inclined to using Multigrade which is the other thing that Ilford recommends. Darkroom supplies, especially print developers are getting increasingly difficult to get here in India. Its hell. Quantities get more and more limited and prices seem to go up everytime I go out to buy. How I wish we had something like B and H! These are the only 2 options available to be right now. Unless I go out and buy loose ingredients to other developers and then formulate it on my own (Dektol etc.)

Any leads are appreciated.
Thanks!