Response to Purple negatives

I believe the answer is in changing fixers. I used Ilford Universal fixer with t-max and had much more purple stain than with the Kodak fixer. I believe I read recently in another forum that the negatives could be re-fixed and washed to remove most of the stain. A longer fix time and clearing agent were recommended to alleviate the problem. At one time Kodak's opinion was that the stain was not a problem and did nothing to degredate the print quality. I quit using t-max after my initial tests and have not kept up with the debate on the stain or its effects .

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