Kodak Printer Accessories KODAK PROFESSIONAL Rapid Selenium Toner, KODAK PROFESSIONAL Brown Toner

USING KODAK PROFESSIONAL PACKAGED TONERS

After you have selected a toner for your prints, follow the appropriate procedure below. Be sure to check the toner packaging for precautionary information.

KODAK PROFESSIONAL Rapid Selenium Toner

Note: Observe the precautionary information on all chemical packages. The active ingredient in Rapid Selenium Toner is a sulfite salt that has a concentration of less than 2 percent. Working solutions of the toner generally contain less than 1⁄2 percent selenium sulfite. These selenium concentrations are not considered hazardous when you handle the solutions under normal conditions. However, we recommend that you use print tongs and wear clean rubber gloves when you use this toner. If toner splashes onto your skin, wash immediately with plenty of water.

If the prints you plan to tone are already dried, rewet them by immersing them in a fixing bath, and then rewash them. Otherwise, staining may occur.

1.Dilute the toner with water according to the tone change you want.

2.Immerse a thoroughly washed print in the toner solution at 20°C (68°F) and agitate the print. Complete toning occurs in 2 to 8 minutes, depending on the paper type and weight.

3.When the print has almost the required tone, remove it from the toning bath; toning will continue to some extent in the wash.

Wash fiber-base prints in running water at 18 to 20°C (65 to 75°F) for one hour, or use KODAK Hypo Clearing Agent to reduce the wash time; wash resin-coated prints for 4 minutes.

Note: If you use Hypo Clearing Agent after fixing fiber-base prints, you can use a working solution of Hypo Clearing Agent to dilute Rapid Selenium Toner 1:20 or 1:40, and eliminate the wash step between fixing and toning. To avoid stains, don’t rinse the prints after fixing; immerse them directly into the combination bath, and tone for approximately 3 minutes for print protection or longer for a tone change. Do not reuse this Hypo Clearing Agent bath to treat untoned prints; it will contain traces of toner. After using this combination bath, wash the prints for at least

30minutes in running water at 18 to 20°C (65 to 75°F) with frequent agitation.

To Use Rapid Selenium Toner with Black-and-White Films. Dilute the toner 1:29. After washing the film, immerse it in the toner solution at 20°C (68°F) for 4 minutes with occasional agitation. Wash the film in running water at 18 to 20°C (65 to 75°F) for 20 to 30 minutes. Dry the film in a dust-free place.

Note: You may notice a slight increase in contrast when you treat film with a 1:29 dilution. Higher concentrations (1:3 or 1:9) will increase the contrast.

KODAK PROFESSIONAL Brown Toner

Note: Wear rubber gloves when you mix or use Brown Toner.

1.Dilute 30 millilitres (1 fluidounce) of Brown Toner in 946 millilitres (1 quart) of water and mix thoroughly.

2.Immerse a thoroughly washed print in the toner

solution, and agitate. Tone prints for 15 to 20 minutes at 20°C (68°F) or for 3 to 4 minutes at 38°C (100°F) with continuous agitation.

3.When toning is complete, remove the print from the toning bath and rinse it with water for 2 minutes.

4.Treat fiber-base prints in Hypo Clearing Agent for

1 minute, and then treat them in a bath made from 1 part KODAK Liquid Hardener* and 13 parts water for 2 to 5 minutes.

Note: If hardening is required for resin-coated prints, you can treat them in the same way.

Wash fiber-base prints in running water at 18 to 20°C (65 to 75°F) for 30 minutes; wash resin-coated prints for 4 minutes.

To Use Brown Toner with Black-and-White Films.

Prepare the toner as described above. After washing the film, immerse it in the toner solution at 20°C (68°F) for

15 minutes with occasional agitation. Wash the film in running water at 18 to 20°C (65 to 75°F) for 20 to

30 minutes. Dry the film in a dust-free place.

*Eliminate this treatment if prints were treated with a hardening fixer during processing. We recommend using a non-hardening fixer such as KODAK PROFESSIONAL Rapid Fixer Part A only for prints that you plan to tone.

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