Digital BW, The Print

I put a response here last week to someone using Pol55 and I will copy
the significant part below. I did not go into the scanning details, just
the creation of a decent looking negative, which could help with
scanning later. Make sure to keep those flimsy negs flat in the scanner.

Polaroid 55 needs some attention. If you develop it for a good print you
will get a thin negative. If you want a better, denser and slightly
contrastier negative, it should be developed longer, about twice as long
if I recall correctly. The Pol55 negative should be cleared as soon as
possible after development, and some people prefer to fix, wash, wipe,
and dry them traditionally. Watch out as the film is extremely thin and
the emulsion is fragile. Experiment with some scraps if you go this
route.


-----Original Message-----
From: John Merrill [mailto:jmerrill@...] 
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:24 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Type 55 film

I recently purchased an Epson 3200 with the intention of scanning 
Polaroid type 55 film. (I can't afford the high-end.) I'm using 
Silverfast AI. If anyone in the group has experience with this workflow 
or could suggest any resources I would appreciate hearing about it. As 
this might be OT an email response to me would be welcome.

Thank you,

John Merrill