Trying to print bigger

[anorak]

You shouldn't need anything to hold the printing papers flat. They do that out of the box.

Even big FB papers?

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Yes Anorak. I've done it with 50cm x 60cm paper w/ my Beseler 45MXT before i got a bigger easel. When i got my Durst 138, i built a drop leaf table to accommodate the larger size. Green or blue masking tape releases easily.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Another solution, would be to look for the older single sized Ganz speed Ezel. The overall size is much smaller than the 4 blade easels.

 

[Jamie123]

What kind of tape I should use to avoid damaging the paper?

You can also go to a hardware store and just get a couple of long rectangularly shaped metal rods and use them as paper weights on both sides of the paper. Much easier than messing around with tape.

 

[oftheherd]

Most 105s will cover 6x9 so a slightly longer than normal is very good 🙂

That enlarger/easel holder you show below the post I have quoted here is really neat. I would absolutely build one of those if I had the ability to print again.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bill Clark]

Does this help?:

https://www.shutterbug.com/content/darkroombrusing-right-enlarger-lens-exception-rules

 

[anorak]

Does this help?:

https://www.shutterbug.com/content/darkroombrusing-right-enlarger-lens-exception-rules

Thanks for the link! That's a very informative article.