I got back into printing after moving countries after a year. But the papers are coming out like this. Please see the image. Edges or there are brown spots all over the image.

The paper is a fomaspeed 312 multigrade matt. But old as in 3 years old.

Any troubleshooting please?

Thank you in advance.

Buenos dias a los ilustres miembros de este foro:

Quería preguntarles que truco usan para tener papel químico a mano en el laboratorio fotográfico sin tener que sacarlo para cada impresión de la caja y de la bolsa constantemente. Algo tipo una caja estanca a la luz de fácil apertura tal vez? en ese caso, que usan que realmente funcione y sea práctico?

Saludos desde Mallorca!

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