Of them excellent and distinctive for one reason or another. I have listed here nearly 60 current papers that can be used for Lith printing, many No point in mourning what is gone – we simply have to deal with it and move on! Fortunately there is still an amazing choice available to us. We all know that printing papers are periodically changed for a variety of reasons and I know that more changes are on the way. Some of their fringe properties (bleach-back, bleach and redevelopment etc) may now be different to some of those described in the tables inĬhanges in paper emulsions are a fact of life. They too still Lith print extremely well. Shadow areas often take on a gritty or rough textured appearance.įorte papers also underwent some emulsion changes justĪfter my Lith printing book was released. It is a very ‘lithy’ paper tending towards the graphic. This new version has also undergone emulsion changes designed to improve its Lith printing qualities and a new uncoated version A new European paper replaced it when the Sterling factory in India was destroyed.

They remain excellent choices for the process as well as for conventional fine printing. Old and no longer have the multi-colour potential in selenium that their predecessors had. Although the new cadmium-free versions of these papers both print and Lith print very well they are quite different to the Although these papers wereįine art warm tone general papers they had unique properties when Lith printed and then selenium toned. The Kentona, Art Classic, Tapestry, Luminos emulsions changed when EEC laws restricted the use of cadmium in the manufacturing process. Both have been out of production now for years. Kodalith paper and Sterling Lith paper were both much loved dedicated Lith May be other suitable products that remain outside my experience.Ĭurrent status of suitable papers for Lith Printing The second part lists the Lith developers that I know of and have used, again with some thoughts on their use. Lithable papers that I know of and use (about 60), together with some brief thoughts on how to choose them. It is based on 2 parts of a 5 part Lith printing series that I wrote earlier this year (2004) for Black & White Photography. Introduction to the Lith Printing process. This article should be read in conjunction with the previous one, Lith Printing, An Introduction, which I wrote as an

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