Re: simple enlarger question - red filter?

I made a cheap "easel" for each size of paper I wanted to use by cutting
a window mat in mat board, the window just a little smaller than the
size of the paper. Then I hinged the window mat to a solid piece of
matboard, and put masking tape on the backing board to mark where the
paper should go. The window mat holds the paper down and creates a
border as well. For contact printing, you could either put the negative
under the window mat, or you could omit the window mat and just use the
solid matboard with the tape on it. I offer this suggestion as someone
who has some masking tape stuck eternally to the stage of her enlarger,
which I have never been able to remove with any kind of solvent.
Katharine Thayer

Bill Erickson wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure you can use it to line your paper up, but you can also just
> line up the empty easel, if you're using one. If not, just line up a piece
> of paper and mark the edges with masking tape and put subsequent pieces of
> paper inside the tape lines.
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