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TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem
Possible Cause
Possible Solutions
1. Film too light.
a. Developer exhausted.
a. Change chemistry after 300-350 film
or 2 weeks, whichever comes first.
b. Chemistry does not reach factory
set temperature.
b. Call you authorized Air Techniques
dealer for service.
c. X-ray machine is improperly set
or inconsistent.
c. Call your x-ray dealer for service
d. Developer is contaminated
d. Dispose of chemistry and clean
with Formula 2000 Plus.
Replace chemistry and water.
e. Improper or outdated film.
e. Check date on film box
f. Not using specially formulated
Peri-Pro chemistry.
f. Use Peri-Pro chemistry to assure
film quality and archival quality
2. Film too dark or
grainy too high
a. Developer temperature is
a. Call you authorized Air Techniques
dealer for service.
b. X-ray machine is improperly set
or inconsistent.
b. Call your x-ray dealer for service
c. Film has been exposed to light
c. Check for and correct light leaks in
the dark room or daylight loader.
Place the inlet cover on the film
inlet before leaving the darkroom
or before removing hands from the
daylight loader cuffs.
d. Not using specially formulated
Peri-Pro chemistry.
d. Use Peri-Pro chemistry to assure
film quality and archival quality
3. Film is cloudy or has
brownish surface.
a. Fixer is exhausted.
a. Change chemistry after 300-350 film
or 2 weeks, whichever comes first.
b. Fixer temperature is too low.
b. Wait until the ready light stays on
continuously, indicating that the
set-point has been reached.
c. Chemistry does not reach factory
set temperature.
c. Call you authorized Air Techniques
dealer for service.
d. Improper or outdated film.
d. Check date on film box. Make sure
that the film being used is recom-
mended for automatic processing.
4. Film is not dry.
a. Improper or outdated film.
a. Check date on film box. Make sure
that the film being used is recom-
mended for automatic processing.
b. Depleted chemistry.
b. Change chemistry after 300-350 film
or 2 weeks, whichever comes first.
c. Contaminated chemistry.
c. Dispose of chemistry, clean with
Formula 2000 Plus. Replace
chemistry and water.
d. Not using specially formulated
Peri-Pro chemistry.
d. Use Peri-Pro chemistry to assure
film quality and archival quality.
e. Defective dryer heater, fan mo-
tor or thermal fuse. (If air is not
hot, heater or fuse is defective.)
e. Call your authorized Air Techniques
dealer for service.
f. Dryer air shroud or baffles are
not in place.
f. Call your authorized Air Techniques
dealer for service.
