Revised RA-4 Compatible Developer Recipe

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For those of you who are interested in color printing and comfortable mixing chemistry from scratch, I have posted a new version of my 3-Part recipe at:

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~keirst/technical.html

I discovered my previous version had lower than optimum pH (9.6), and by adding extra sodium carbonate, I could get similar print results with less CD-3. The pH of the new version is 10.3 when mixed with deionized water, a tiny bit higher pH than Kodak RA developer. This formula works well with Kodak Endura and Fuji Crystal Archive RA color papers. It does not work well with Oriental Hyperseagull Black and White RA paper, producing a very flat low contrast image with a slight cyan cast.

Use or modify the formula as desired. Use at your own risk.
 
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