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Printing Color Films Developed as Black-and-White
Printing Color Films Developed as
Black-and-White
KODAK Publication No. AE-31
CAT 800 1513
Minor Revision 4-99
Printed in U.S.A.
Consumer Imaging
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY • ROCHESTER, NY 14650
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.
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G-26
KODAK POLYMAX II RC Paper
G-27
KODAK PANALURE SELECT RC Paper
J-83
KODAK Chemicals, Process E-6
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