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Printing frame for contact prints
Description of an innovative high pressure printing frame for alternative and traditional photographic prints.

How to eliminate the precipitate from Van Dyke Brown solutions
The addition of tartaric acid in VDB solutions reduce the quantity of precipitate.
Van Dyke Brown
Preparation of classical VDB solution and modified (without precipitate) VDB solution.

Dupont 4-R, Eder’s harmonizing reducer
Dupont 4-R intensify shadows and reduce high densities to correct exceptionally contrasted analogical negatives.

Basicity and color of cyanotype
Influence of basicity on the color of Cyanotype: the results using cheap and slightly basic paper are visually superior.

K-channel or grey scale in pigmented Van Dyke Brown prints
Comparison of the use of K channel or a grayscale image in VDB pigment print.

Paper for cyanotype: the winner is Bristol 350g
Bristol 350g: low-cost, deep shadows, high weight, fine detail for cyanotype.