Kodak AE-31 manual Printing Color Films Developed as Black-and-White, More Information

Printing Color Films Developed as Black-and-White

The procedures described here for salvaging pictures in color are not recommended for KODACHROME Films. Only black-and-white prints can be made from KODACHROME Films that have been misprocessed as black-and-white.

When you want color pictures from your films, do not use the procedures for removing stain described previously for making black-and-white prints.

Before you reprocess your negatives to obtain color, it’s a good idea to make the best possible black-and-white prints for insurance. Because of the yellow or orange stain in the negatives, make your insurance prints on PANALURE Paper. Otherwise, the exposure time would be excessively long on conventional black-and-white papers.

To reprocess KODAK Color Negative and EKTACHROME Films, use the following procedure in normal room illumination:

1.Wash—15 minutes at 73–77°F (23–25°C).

2.Bleach in KODAK Bleach, Process E-6—6 minutes at 98–102°F (37–39°C); or in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Bleach, Process C-41—4 minutes at 98–102°F.

Note: The bleach must be free of hypo. If in doubt, use a fresh bleach solution.

3.Wash—15 minutes at 73–77°F.

4.Expose to the light from a No. 2 photoflood lamp at a distance of 1 foot (0.3 m) for 15 seconds on each side. Even though the preceding steps were done in room illumination, the exposure may have been uneven.

Warning

A lighted photoflood lamp becomes quite hot and will shatter if you allow any liquid to splash on its surface. Place sheets of glass where they will protect the lamp from spattering or splashing of the solutions or the wash water.

5.Process the film normally in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals, Process C-41.

Now that you have reprocessed your films as color negatives, you can make color prints on KODAK EKTACOLOR Edge 7 or ROYAL VII Paper, or black-and-white prints on PANALURE SELECT RC Paper; or color slides on KODAK VERICOLOR Slide Film.

MORE INFORMATION

Kodak has many publications to assist you with information on Kodak products, equipment, and materials.

Additional information is available on the Kodak website and through the U.S.A. /Canada faxback system.

The following publications are available from Kodak Customer Service, from dealers who sell Kodak products, or you can contact Kodak in your country for more information.

G-26KODAK POLYMAX II RC Paper

G-27KODAK PANALURE SELECT RC Paper

J-83KODAK Chemicals, Process E-6

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Printing Color Films Developed as	Kodak, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Ektacolor, Flexicolor, Panalure, Photo-Flo, Polymax,	Minor Revision 4-99
Black-and-White	Portra, Royal, Select, and Vericolor are trademarks.
		Printed in U.S.A.
KODAK Publication No. AE-31

CAT 800 1513