I’m happy to report that as a follow on to the Printing Disaster, I have a success. Those who read my previous post will remember that the first attempt, had some minor imperfections in the lower right-hand corner, the second was the print shown below, and the third was nearly as bad as the second, but without the big stripes.
I picked up a used Jobo 1525 drum and base a year or two ago in an attempt to develop 8×10 film. For that purpose it seems to work okay. Right now we’re snowed in, and my darkroom is far too cold to think about doing prints in, so I decided to have a try using the Jobo drum in our Laundry area. I’m left wondering if I’m missing a piece for the drum, or if there is something I’m doing wrong. Continue reading