Printing Film
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The printing process for black and white printing entails projecting the negative onto light-sensitive photographic paper, using an enlarger.
When printing, never operate the enlarger - or any other electrical equipment  - with wet hands.
Equipment needed:
  1. Enlarger with timer
  2. Red or Orange Safelight
  3. Processing dishes
  4. Print tongs, or rubber gloves
  5. Printing paper
  6. Print developer
  7. Stop Bath
  8. Fixer
  9. Print drying or drying rack

Enlargers may have either:
1. 'Dial-in' filters built into the head, or
2. A filter drawer into which filters are placed.
  • The paper is not sensitive to red light, do work can be undertaken in the darkroom lit by red or orange safelights.
  • By varying the height of the enlarger, prints of various sizes can be produced.
  • The brightness and density of the print can be varied by altering the exposure time and/or aperture on the enlarging lens.
  • The contrast can be varied by filtering the variable contrast paper with different coloured filters.