Colopt Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Was wondering if you can use regular RA4 paper replensher (developer) to mix a tank developer solution for an Kodak SM paper processor. Was told by someone this works OK, but wanted to see if any one had used this, before I try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
provisia Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Yes .. we have done this ourselves and we're using Champion / Russell chemistry. In fact we gave Champion the idea and they came up with a commercial product recently [in fact last week someone was selling a conversion kit on ebay]. Also Fuji-hunt has a solution. Our solution cost us about 10$ to do with stuff we bought at B&H photo (new york) and a hardware store - some jobo chemistry bottles, some "GOOP" silicon glue, some nipples from used SM packs and some creative thinking. I can't advise you on how to do it because more than likely you'll end up with contaminated chemistry but if you're careful and methodical and don't use the PART B nipples on the PART A side, you can figure it out. The only problem.. on our MP1600s sometimes we get an error because the lab detects too much chemistry pumped without a pack change. But this is easy to reset (by 'pretending' to change the pack). Note: You don't need 3 part chamistry for the CD. You can deactivate the replenishment pumps for 2 of the 3 CD parts and use one bottle. The back part on the left pack is Stab . We use concentrated chemistry [diluted 50%] which replenishes with more water to make the correct concentration/replenishment rate That's why you should go with Champion, they have it all figured out. Good luck with this [i'm not responsible for any problems arising out of my 'advice'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Noritsu Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 try this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NORITSU-CONVERSION-KIT-forSMmachine-RUSSELL-CHEMISTRY_W0QQitemZ220362989402QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item220362989402&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colopt Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Thanks for the replies. I was really just wanting to know about mixing fresh tank solution for developer, whether you can use normal RA4 developer or if it has to be the Kodak SM tank mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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