Kallitype ~ During Construction

Nobody said this was going to be easy. The cleanup and repair of the water leak leaves me set up on a dining room table, finding cables and connectors to be able to continue the work of printing negatives and posting articles. The printer is still not printing as it did before the print head damage, but I have been able to wrangle the thing to print better than the Epson. Take what you can get.

I had attempted to print this image earlier, with some luck but the density range was more than what was needed for a good print. This negative was reprinted this morning, and with the lighter ink footprint, and, developing the print in sodium citrate instead of sodium acetate, also helped keep the image within print range, showing a decent black without blocking the middle tones, while printing in the highlights. This image could have been better served with one more minute print time.

Revere Platinum paper; developed in sodium citrate, cleared in EDTA, toned in palladium.
Print time 9 minutes;

Palladium toned Kallitype
"Hauling Freight" ~ 8x10 ~ 1/5
Tombstone, Arizona