The XL is how Beseler answered printers who wanted bigger prints from a 23C without moving to the floor. Its 1980 brochure put it plainly. To make cropped 16x20 prints on the baseboard, add the extender base and oversize heavy-duty baseboard to any 23C or 23CII, or buy the 23CII XL. The same two parts were sold as the BP Pak, catalog numbers 8118 and 8119. So an XL is a standard 23C head, column, carriers and lensboards sitting higher over a bigger board, and anything that fits a 23C fits it. Camera-wiki lists XL versions of the 23C, the 23CII and the 23CIII, and today's 23C III-XL is the one Beseler still builds. For buyers, the extender base and baseboard are the whole point. A listing that has lost them is just a 23C, and a standard 23C with a BP Pak added does the same job.
Darkroom check
Should come with it
Hard to find if missing
Check the listing photos against these lists, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing carrier, condenser or lens board should come off the price.
It shares the 23CII's wear points, and KHB calls the original crank handle one of the most commonly broken 23CII parts. Beseler's refurbishing kit covers the elevation gears, lock and negative stage cams.
New to used enlargers? How to check a used enlarger covers the bellows, the column, the lamp and alignment, and condenser, diffusion and color heads explains which light source suits how you print.
Buying guide
With only 4 for sale, the $500–750 band isn't a market read. We'd look first at the 23CII XL titled tested working for $380 if you can collect it, since it's local pickup only and has no lens. If you want everything at once, the 23CII-XL titled with 2 negative carriers and 2 lenses is $835 delivered, and $235 of that is shipping. The extender base and oversize baseboard are what make it an XL, so check both are in the photos, and if a Dichro 23 color head is fitted, make sure its separate transformer comes too. The $895 one is apogeebee dealer stock titled new, with a dichroic head and a warranty.
$380.00+ ship
The lowest ask here, $380 for a 23CII XL titled tested working, but it's local pickup only and has no lens. It's titled color, yet the photo shows the round condenser lamphouse, so ask which head is in the sale, and if it's a Dichro 23, make sure its transformer comes too.
Beseler 23C II XL Color Enlarger Tested Working XL Column No Lens Local Pickup
$835.30est. delivered
The only one titled with carriers and lenses, 2 of each, and the photo shows the condenser head on the long XL column over the big baseboard. It's $835 delivered, above the band because $235 of it is shipping, but you won't be hunting for a carrier or a lens.
BESELER 23CII-XL Extra Long Column DARKROOM ENLARGER -2 Negative Carriers 2 Lens
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Used$380.00+ shipping
$380.00 · shipping not stated
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Titled tested working, no lens, local pickup only. Titled color, but the photo shows the condenser lamphouse.
Seller: wsx808
100% positive
Used$835.30est. delivered
$600.00 + $235.30 shipping
Buy It Now$600.00
Good buy
Titled with 2 negative carriers and 2 lenses. Condenser head in the photo, $235 shipping.
Seller: zelik_11
100% positive
Used$400.00delivered
$400.00 · free shipping
Buy It Now$400.00
Our take
Free shipping, and the photo shows a lens on the stage. The head is out of frame, so ask which one it has.
Seller: fermisalaza-0
98.9% positive
New$895.00+ shipping
$895.00 · shipping not stated
Buy It Now$895.00
Our take
Dealer stock titled new, with a dichroic color head and a warranty. The photo shows it boxed. No shipping quoted; ask.
Seller: apogeebee
100% positive
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