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Re: solarplate images up on my website



I second this, Susan,
Yesterday I called all around. No one has imagesetters anymore. One place has one up in northern Montana, but the other problem is the software capable of doing stochastic is $50,000. He can do a stochastic right to PLATE but not to film. But what do we do when the last imagesetter goes out of biz? I mean, would it be the same if we did a digital one and projected/enlarged it onto film ourselves, I wonder...

Also, the notes I have on screens so far: 1800 dpi, 80% density; from Ross 20 or 40 microns and that stochastic is 2 different diameter dot sizes of diamond shape. I don't even know what all this means, what a micron is--I assume the 20 micron is a finer dot...

I printed out Jon's entire website and keep referring to it. Especially the little jpg of the different exposures and dots--very helpful, Jon.
Chris


----- Original Message ----- From: "SusanV" <susanvoss3@gmail.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: solarplate images up on my website


Dear gravure folks... I got an email last night from Copygraphics, and
they believe they have the problem with the stochastic screens sorted
out.  Yay!

I have tried to find someone around here to make me one (a stochastic
screen), and came up empty.  it seems that even long established
printing shops have gone digital.  One place told me he gave his
imagesetter away a few months ago!  (and those things are lot of $$$$$
)  Another problem is that they aren't used to making stochastic
screens... that's a random dot pattern rendered by special software
that not all places even have available.

so... I highly advise getting a screen now from copygraphics and
taking good care of it.

susan

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