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kodak black amp white printing paper, pre amp post 1947 in the early 1970s michael talbert had worked as a black and white/colour printer/general studio assistant for a photographer who had used kodak bromide papers since around the time of the 1947 paper codes changeover. He had a bookcase full of old kodak paper boxes in which he stored his negatives, some of which had both codes printed on the labels. That 146 s what got him interested in the old codes for paper, and he decided to find out more.

kodak velox paper was a very slow printing paper, producing a blue black image, suitable for contact printing only, where the negative is placed in contact with the paper to produce a print of the same size. By way of example of its coding names, before amp after 1947: velox wvl 3 s white velvet lustre, hard, single weight. kodak bromide, bromesko and royal bromesko papers were fast enlarging papers, suitable for use with any type of black and white enlarger.

Its first mention is in the british journal of photography almanac for 1938, within the kodak adverts. About 1940 it was available in 6 surfaces, and by 1947, when kodak changed their coding system see below , it was available in glossy, velvet, matt, rough lustre, and fine lustre. Later there was a cream base, coded cfl 3d a brownish red colour base, like a sepia toned print.

Both bromide and bromesko papers were replaced by other enlarging papers, some with resin coated bases, by 1982. Christophe dorney emailed march 2015 to let me know that in the uk and now eu the bromesko trademark was file registered. The 1933 kodak professional catalogue states that prints could be mounted onto a light coloured backing paper. When the print was held over a light, it 147 glowed 148 , taking on the tones of the backing paper. royal bromesko paper was introduced in 1962 and discontinued in the late 1970s. It was an enlarging paper giving a warmer image tone by direct development in kodak d 163 developer than bromesko paper processed in the same developer.

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For maximum warmth, kodak 147 royal bromesko 148 developer produced an almost brown and white image on royal bromesko paper. The naming system and grades for bromesko were different to that of velox and bromide. By way of example of coding names, before amp after 1947: bromesko cfl 2 d cream fine lustre, normal, double weight. Pre 1947: bbs 1 crayon black, soft, single weight bbs 1 bromide black smooth, 1 soft grade. White smooth matt was a completely smooth dead matt paper and crayon black was the nearest pre 1947 equivalent surface.

nikko is an early trade name for kodak glossy bromide paper in the u.k. It is uncertain when the name nikko dates from, but it is listed under bromide papers in a kodak 1923 catalogue. contrast grades for kodak bromide papers, early 1940s as far as michael talbert can establish were: soft grade 1 medium grade 2 contrast grade 4 extra contrast grade 5.

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This grade 5 was used for negatives which were very soft, or grossly underexposed. Grade 3 147 vigorous 148 , was only made in 147 velox 148 paper at that time and kodak bromesko paper had a different grading system. Kodak changed their coding system relating to paper grades, types of paper surfaces, for bromide, bromesko, and velox papers in 1947. Nikko bg2 then became bromide wsg 2s white, smooth ,glossy, 2 normal grade , singleweight. The new coding system for bromide, bromesko and velox papers stated tint, texture, surface, contrast grade no.

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