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Storing of RC and FB BW paper
How many years can RC and FB B/W paper be stored and then still be used to
make prints? Does it have to be stored at low temperature like color paper? I have some boxes of AGFA RC and FB paper. It is now about 2-3 years old and they still produce exellent prints.....but for how long? Max |
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Storing of RC and FB BW paper
Generalizations from my own limited experience:
FB papers store better that RC. Graded papers better than VC (since there is only one type of emulsion to age). Developer incorporated papers have shorter lives than non-incorporated. I had some Agfa RC and Some Ilford MG III RC Rapid that the base turned brown AFTER processing and storing) Refrigerator good, deepfreeze better. Just double wrap the boxes and let warm to room temp before opening. -- darkroommike ---------- "MXP" wrote in message ... How many years can RC and FB B/W paper be stored and then still be used to make prints? Does it have to be stored at low temperature like color paper? I have some boxes of AGFA RC and FB paper. It is now about 2-3 years old and they still produce exellent prints.....but for how long? Max |
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Storing of RC and FB BW paper
MXP wrote:
How many years can RC and FB B/W paper be stored and then still be used to make prints? Does it have to be stored at low temperature like color paper? I have some boxes of AGFA RC and FB paper. It is now about 2-3 years old and they still produce exellent prints.....but for how long? Max Max, Search this ng's archives for "cadmium". A few years ago, U.S. manufacturers for sure, and major European manufacturers probably too, stopped using cadmium in their manufacturing processes. Cadmium served as a stabilizer. Without it, it is not recommended to keep a box of paper for more than a year or two, if I recall correctly, without freezing or refrigeration. Bob |
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Storing of RC and FB BW paper
I don't use RC paper much, so I don;t know about it.
For fiber based, I have used paper that has been in the freezer for 20 years and longer (such as some old Agfa grade 6 I still have a few sheets of) and it's fine. Totally fine. HypoBob wrote in message ... MXP wrote: How many years can RC and FB B/W paper be stored and then still be used to make prints? Does it have to be stored at low temperature like color paper? I have some boxes of AGFA RC and FB paper. It is now about 2-3 years old and they still produce exellent prints.....but for how long? |
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