Just to muddy the waters, in his book The Art of Photography…an Approach to Personal Expression, Bruce Barnbaum claims that dry down is a total myth and does not exist. His contention is that the initial viewing light is too bright. He thinks that you should have 2 viewing lights, an initial dim one while your eyes adapt from safelighting to white light and a brighter one for the highlights. He also tries to debunk several other urban myths but to be honest, although there is a lot of good information in the book, I find this particular comment confusing as he is the only person to say it. I'm sure I have made prints that look good in the fixer but dull and lifeless the next day due to drydown.
Bill
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