Traditional Photography Printing

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Printing in the darkroom, is quite different from developing negatives. To do so correctly you need some specialized, although reasonably priced and easily available equipment. To begin this final installment of the Darkroom series I want to start by mentioning the tools, equipment, and chemicals you need to work on your darkroom printing.

The Tools:

Asafe box (a box that has a lightproof seal). The paper comes in many forms such as Resin Coated, Fiber, and Canvas.
Enlarger: An enlarger is the main piece of equipment needed to print from your negatives. The enlarger works by projecting the negative about the photo paper. Each enlarger is fitted with a light bulb, lens, film holder and filter tray, although some enlargers have a built in filter system. Different lenses need to be used depending on the film (i.e. 35mm, medium or large format).
Filters: Filters are used to adjust the contrast and tones of the negative being projected onto the photo paper.
Infrared light: Since you will be using light sensitive material, you need to work in your darkroom using infrared light instead of normal light conditions. Infrared allows you to see, but it does not affect the papers.
Developing trays: Developing trays are needed to contain the chemicals to develop the paper. They vary in size from 8"x10" and up.
Thermometer: You will need a thermometer to ensure that the correct temperature is reached while developing.
 Beakers & Stirrers: As with developing film you will need some beakers and stirrers to prepare the chemicals; stirrers are simply long plastic tools that mix the chemicals.
Bath: A water bath is needed to wash the final print.
Notebook: Printing and working in the darkroom means you have no exit data to help you with exposure times. Instead, you will need a notebook to record your data.
Dodging/Burning tools: These are easily made tools that allow you to control the light hitting certain areas of the paper in the enlarger. I will go through the dodging/burning technique later in next articles.

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