Print Development Procedures The print room exists under safelights unless all paper boxes are securely closed, no unprocessed paper is out, and all users have given their explicit permission to have the room lights turned on. All equipment has a place to which it should be returned after use. 1. Setting Up. To set up the print room, turn on the water faucet in the print sink and put the required chemicals into the labeled trays. The chemical stock is under the sink in large white boxes. The mixture ratios are printed on the boxes. Four trays should be used in the following order: Developer, Stop Bath, Fixer, Water. 2. Using the Enlarger. • Place your negative into the metal template, and place the template into the enlarger. • Set the timer switches to focus. The enlarger lamp should be on now. • Set the enlarger so that the image is sized and focused properly. Make sure it is in focus using the grain enlarger. Close the aperture until you just lose the details in the shadows, then open up one stop. • Arrange the easel so that the appropriate portion of the image will be exposed. • Set the timer switches to time. • Go to the paper safe and get the paper. Insert the filter for the contrast you want (use 3 if in doubt). • Place the paper, shiny side up, into the easel without moving the easel. • Set the amount of time on the timer. • Press the "start" button on the timer. • When the time is up and the lamp has gone out, remove the paper and take it to the sink. 3. Developing the Print. For each chemical, drop the print in, face down and agitate for the appropriate amount of time. Be sure to use separate tongs for each chemical. • Developer: 60-90 seconds. • Stop Bath: 30 seconds. • Fixer: 2 minutes. • Water: 5-10 minutes. 4. Keeping Records. Move the print to the drying rack. Record your name, and the settings used to take and develop the particular picture (camera & enlarger aperture, shutter speed, exposure time, lens) on the back of the print. 5. Cleaning Up. Put everything away. The chemicals do not get dumped until they are spent. You can decide by looking at the developer. When it is brown, it needs to be replaced. At that point, all of the chemicals get dumped in the sink except for the spent fixer which should be poured into appropriate containers for disposal. The next person to use the darkroom will mix up a fresh batch of everything. Clean and dry the sink, trays, tongs, jugs, and anything else that may need it. Do not leave your negatives lying around or in the enlarger.

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