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Drying speed is a factor of low humidity rather than temperature. Due to the very cold weather in Europe over the last moth I suspect that the humidity is very low so allowing very fast drying. Since humidity falls as temperature rises this effect is exacerbated at room temperature. I suggest that these prints are washed for a few minutes and then hung to dry in a room with standing water, such as a bathroom with water in the bath, this should slow the drying to closer to more normal rate.
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Dave, these prints were processed in August. Prints made on Kentmere RC were also processed last year and are OK. I shall contact Harman in the following days and report back to you.
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OK. But you did say "recent" in your opening post. Never mind, Ilford it must be then.
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True! How time flies...
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Don't remind me, I still think I'm a teenager.
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Humm, all my RC prints curl, though usually not this much.
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I've also found that using heat will STOP this. I learned this years ago printing color. I'd use a hairdryer to dry test prints so I could evaluate the color, as the color is way off until they dry. I found my test prints would lay flatter than the finished prints that I air dried. At the time, anyway, I also found this to be true with black and white RC, but I confess I haven't tried it in something over a decade so I don't know if it's still true of current papers. In college I was really bothered by curl or unevenness/waviness in FB prints. Then I started hanging out with some folks who didn't seem bothered by it, and I think I eventually picked up their attitude. If you can't flatten 'em, don't worry about it. Probably not very helpful, I know.
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