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Problem
Possible Cause
Possible Solutions
5. Film has black edge at
one end.
a. Light fog.
a. Check for and correct light leaks
in the dark room or daylight load-
er. Put the grill inlet cover on the
film inlet before leaving the dark-
room or before removing hands
from the daylight loader cuffs.
b. Safe light defective or too close.
Light should be a minimum of 4
feet away from the work area.
6. Film has a diagonal or
curved line through it.
a. Chemistry level is low. The en-
tire film is not being covered
by chemistry bath as it travels
down into the chemistry tanks.
a. Make sure chemistry is at the Fill
Line. If not, top off tank to the Fill
Line with water.
b. Chemistry deposits and crystalli-
zation are clogging the grooves
in the transport, preventing the
films from fully dropping into
the chemistry bath.
b. Clean grooves with a soft tooth-
brush.
c. Timing of the transport arms is
out of adjustment.
c. Call your authorized Air Tech-
niques dealer for service.
7. Developer is black, has
ammonia smell, there
are black deposits on the
bottom of the tank, black
streaks or smudges on
film, poor film density,
poor film clarity.
a. Contaminated developer.
a. Tanks and transport must be
cleaned with Formula 2000 Plus.
Change chemistry.
8. Images or shadows of
other films appear n the
developed film. Light is
striking films that were
stripped and stacked on
each other before being
loaded into the film inlet.
a. Safe light in the darkroom is
defective or less than 4 feet
from film inlet.
a. Correct as required.
b. Light is leaking into the dark room.
b. Correct as required.
Unit with Daylight Loader:
c. 1. Too much light is passing
through the view glass.
c.1. View glass test: Cover the view
glass, then process film.
c. 2. Light may be leaking around
the daylight loader cuffs.
c.2. Loader cuffs: Inspect for worn or
damaged cuffs, replace.
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