Re: photopolymer
Jon,
I bought Keith Howard's book on the ImagOn method but got no further
than that. I have no desire to start using it either!
As for the contact problem, it varies from plate to plate when it
does occur (which is not on every plate) and although I'm sure it's
something to do with my workflow, I'm so methodical I can't think
what the variables would be. I'll wait for the Kreene to arrive and
take it from there.
Keith.
On May 2, 2007, at 12:42 AM, Jon Lybrook wrote:
Hi Keith,
Thanks for the feedback on the screens. Wish getting finer screens
that were thick, consistent and durable were as easy as a phone
call to someone like Elizabeth Dove. Wonder if she'd do custom
screens for me (without taking me to the cleaners in the process)!
ImagOn is fun stuff but it is much more of a challenge to get
smooth continuous tone using it. It also breaks down after 5
prints or so...much quicker than polymer. Of course polymer breaks
down much MUCH quicker than copper...and so it goes.
Kreene eliminated the surface newton rings/dots I was getting with
glass on my vacuum frame. It's also be amazing to feel debris
through the plastic prior to exposing. Probably saved me dozens of
wasted plates due to Q/C issues over the past year or two I've been
using it. .
Contact problems around the edge of plate which you describe in
your earlier email I've not seen before with a vacuum frame. You
say it just started since switching plates, but didn't happen before?
Jon