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D-9 lith developer

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Working solution

1 L 2 L 6 L

Concentrate

1 + 1 L for 10 L 5 + 5 L for 50 L

€19.77

In Stock

60–80 sheets 18×24 cm
Packaging:: 500 + 500 ml
SKU:: CHEM-D-9-LITH-2X500ML

Description

How far it goes

1 L: 60–80 sheets 18×24 cm
2 L: 120–160 sheets 18×24 cm
6 L: 360–480 sheets 18×24 cm
1 + 1 L for 10 L: 600–800 sheets 18×24 cm
5 + 5 L for 50 L: 3000–4000 sheets 18×24 cm

A two-part lith developer for lith printing: a heavily diluted hydroquinone solution in which development runs away with itself. Grainy black shadows and delicate, almost coloured highlights.

How lith printing works

Hydroquinone in a very dilute solution with little sulphite develops unevenly: where silver has already appeared, the reaction accelerates itself. Shadows explode into coarse black grain while highlights stay soft and tinted. What controls the print is not a time from a chart but the moment you lift the sheet out of the tray.

Why two bottles

Solutions A and B are mixed immediately before printing — together they do not keep. The working solution ages through the session, and that is part of the technique: the first and last prints differ, which is why lith is never fully repeatable.