aim rvrose Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Hi folks, I've seen some great looking lith prints and would like to try my hand at it. Already made one mistake! I looked up lith developers at Calumet and ordered Nacco Lith. It was for negatives! Sheesh! Anyway, as I understand, lith paper is not needed, but lith developer is. So first off, where can I find lith paper developer (I can't find it anywhere in the states) and secondly, do you folks have any other tips on getting started. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_pistor Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Hi Geoff,foa, fotoimpex got a contract with www.jandcphotography.com, so you get all their stuff there.I`d suggest Moersch lith developer, for it shall not give harmful gases up to 25 degrees temperature as does the Maco above 20 degrees. It seemed to be simple to use to me too.Moersch provides a detailed list and instruction about usable papers. I`d agree his advice to use forte polywarmtone for a start, as I did sucessfully. Be aware, that a lot of papers around and recommended in different pricings are same OEM Material individually packed. Apart of buying the lower priced stuff, you save time testing and wondering about identical results. You`ll be surprised how much papers print like Fomatone...I`d say, thats enough to get started. For more theory go and buy Tim Rudmans book.Have funMartin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_bolgiano Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Geoffrey, <p> The developers used in the lith printing process are film developers. They are used in a highly diluted form for developing paper. Both your choice of developer and paper are important. See this <a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=003GPl">thread</a> for some pointers on what works well togther. <p>I have had some luck with Arista Liquidlith A/B Developer from Freestyle (look in the graphic arts section of their site) to develop Forte Polywarmtone paper. <p>I'd also second the recommendation to read Rudman's book on lith printing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian_harkness Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Geoffrey, you did NOT make a mistake. As John says lith developer is for FILM, there is no paper lith developer. Like John I use Arista A&B developer. I dilute it to about 2:32. For paper I use mostly Forte Polywartone, FB and RC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 For Process camera work; I use Kodagraph developer; for lith films and papers. I dont think it is made anymore; or maybe Kodak chnged its name. It is diluted 1:7 ; and comes in a 4 gallon pack of concentrate; in the Kodak cube pack. It is a very akaline developer; you guys who skip acid stop bath; buy alot of fixer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 The gallon jug of Kodagraph says its for papers or films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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