Paper formats for analogue printing of Xpan negs

[guy_bennett]

I print my own b&w Xpan negs in a traditional wet darkroom. To get a 4 x 10 1/2 image, I print on 11 x 14, and subsequently waste a lot of paper. I'm thinking of cutting the 11 x 14 sheets in half lengthwise to economize paper and eliminate the overly generous borders of my prints. Is anyone out there doing the same thing, or have another solution?

TIA.

 

[delmar]

Yes, that is exactly what I have been doing for the last several months and it does work well-in addition to cutting the cost in-half. I have seen no problems with either fiber-based or RC papers that I have been using. (Ilford).

Good Luck

 

[lutz_konermann]

I use a Saunders easel for borderless prints and manage to get 3 prints out of one sheet of conventional paper, cut beforehand under darkroom light.