The practical printer : a complete manual of photographic printing (1874)
Hearn, Charles W · Philadelphia : Benerman & Wilson · leaf 39
revents the solution from draining to one end of the sheet, as it will do when hung at full length, unless the surplus be removed by one of the methods hereafter described. An even coat of the solution is thus given to the paper, so that all parts of it will print alike. The hath should he stirred… … is even, then over that, so as to leave the superfluous solution in the bath. I am very much in favor of using blotting-paper for the pui- pose of blotting the paper as it leaves the bath (Fig. 8), and then give the final drying to the paper by artificial heat. After the bath has been standing for…
Photography -- Printing processes · Photographs on porcelain
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