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Kallitype

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and remain in collections as so. Kallitypes have had a reputation over the years as having poor archival qualities and often fading. When properly cleared, Kallitypes are completely archivable and will not fade. Toning with a metal such as gold, platinum, or palladium will give extra image
110:. While the Van Dyke Brown and Argyrotype are both "printing out" processes (with the complete image being formed during exposure), the Kallitype is a "develop out" process that requires the print to be submerged in a developer solution to make the image visible after exposure. Like the 106:. Cotton rag paper is generally recommended for printing kallitypes, although multiple paper types will lead to satisfactory results. Gloves should be worn during coating and when handling sensitizer as 66:
permanence. Ferrous ions embedded in the paper as a result of poor clearing is the cause of the lack of belief in image permanence. This can be easily identified by a yellow stain in the highlights.
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Many developing solutions can be used to give a different image color (brown, sepia, blue, maroon and black). Kallitype images generally have a richer tonal range than the
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The final tone of the print is controlled both via the developer choice and through the use of toning solutions such as gold and platinum toners.
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process and the printer must have a negative of equal size to print from. Modern kallitypes are generally made from either a
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The Encyclopedia of Photography – The Complete Photographer: The Comprehensive Guide and Reference for All Photographers
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use ferric ammonium citrate, the light-sensitive element used for the Kallitype is ferric oxalate. The use of
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based on the use of a combination of ferric and silver salts. While Van Dyke brown and
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A Kallitype test print toned in platinum by Zev Schmitz
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the result is nearly chemically identical to a true
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Photographic processes dating from the 19th century
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Index

W. W. J. Nicol
Van Dyke brown
argyrotype
ferric oxalate
DMAX
cyanotype
platinum
palladium
Platinotype
Platinotypes

Platinotype
Cyanotype
contact printing
large format camera negative
darkroom
digital negative
the sensitizer chemicals can be quite toxic
Platinotype



"The Kallitype Process"
the original
"The Paper Survey – The results"
the original
"Paper for Alternative Printing"
"Printing-Out Processes"
the original
"Ferric-Silver Formulae"

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