Normally, it takes two or three prints to mature brand new developer in order to colour the highlights. I found this colouration to be far more consistent and faster to achieve when the developer was made with distilled water rather than water from the town supply.
I tend to find myself selecting the processes that I will use near the beginning of each body of work, and right now I am in the world of cyanotype and gum bichromate. Did I like lith printing enough to come back to it? Well, there is a fresh kit sitting in my store cupboard! Contact: cosborne@image.photography