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Old 17th April 2013, 07:14 PM
John King John King is offline
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Default B&W printing in a Nova.

Just to expand a little on Jon's explanation as above. I use a 2 bath Nova for B&W but the two baths hold the stop and fix. The development is still done in a tray.

Under the safelight (I use a DUKA at full power) I can tell what areas of a print need a bit more of a boost and use a 1/2" brush to paint neat developer over that part. This is enough to tip the balance in most cases. If I see a part that is going the other way I left he print and [paint plain water over it. This dilutes the developer and slows the action down.

If you use a Nova for the 1st stage you don't get the chance to do any of that. With a straight Grade 2 paper using the paintbrush method I get the equivalent of 3 grades in one.
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