Developer the same?

[copyman]

I work mostly on Kon/Min but have a small church with a AR-M317 I've been servicing for years. Same old story, they don't have money for a new one. Anyway question is can I use the AR-450ND developer in the AR-M317 which uses the AR-271ND developer? The AR-271 is 400g and AR-450ND is 450g. If the same developer I will remove 50g to use in the M317. Thanks in advance

[Doug.P]

Never tried it. They are different series machines. Let us know if it works.

[tmw]

This probably shouldn't considered an official procedure. In a pinch, I have used developer meant for different machines and it has worked. The labels should have the ingredients listed. If they are the same, you could likely get away with it. I can't say what type of machines these are. If they are a similar size, it might be ok. I can't remember if it was a Sharp or Toshiba, but once I used developer for a heavy machine in a lighter duty one. It came out with grey background. So that should be taken into consideration.

[copyman]

Reason I asked is most Kon/Min developer is the same in later generation models.