Response to Effect of White Light on a Fixing Print

I routinely turn on a white light immediately after putting a print in the fixer. I have a 25W bulb in a Kodak "beehive" safelight enclosure right over the fixer tray. Why do it right away? Because I want to know I made a good print. I also turn on the light and look at test squares (not test strips) while they're in the stop bath. I have at least 30 sec. before browning starts. I know my stop bath is going if I get dark stains on the squares. Try this: leave a small piece of undeveloped paper out in the light until it turns a rich brown. Then put it in the fixer. Not that most of the browning disappears, leaving a light yellow. Try the same thing with a coin on the paper and exposed for 1 min or so (depending on brightness) until the shadow of the coin is barely visible on the paper, then fix.

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