8x10 contact printing

<p>I have found places who develop 8x10 sheets but I am looking for 8x10 analog contact prints as well. So far it looks like most places do scans and prints. I would like chemical analog printing for the contact print.<br>

I know the next thought would be, "Well do it yourself." Unfortunately we just don't have the room for a darkroom. Also child at home is sensitive to chemicals. So that is out.<br>

Anyone know of a professional old school place that can be trusted?<br>

OR<br>

Has anyone with a darkroom consider making contact prints for fellow photographers for a fee?</p>

<p>Thanks everyone.</p>

Google "darkroom rentals in Florida" and you'll find a number of places where you can rent a darkroom for a few hours to develop film,

enlarge negatives or make contact prints yourself. If you don't want to do the work yourself, ask them if they know anyone who does contact printing. Having lived in South Florida for years I used several commercial labs for E6 sheet film development, never B&W developing/printing, but I believe most of these labs have long since gone out of business, so I can't suggest anyone.

If the rental darkroom doesn't have the necessary contact printing equipment available, all you really need is a 1/4" thick sheet of plain

glass larger than the negative and printing paper you'll be using. For projection speed paper contact prints, place the heavy 1/4" sheet

directly on top of the negative/paper sandwich, put it directly on the enlarger baseboard and raise the light source high enough to evenly

cover the entire image. For alternative contact printing methods, like platinum or other types of hand-coated print-out papers, you'll need

a hinged contact print frame and some form of UV light source.

<p>"analog" contact print.<br>

You don't need analog there. You can't contact print a digital file.</p>