Hi Susan,
I immediately thought that was the problem, but I've been cutting
plates the same way for so long now and it's only just started
happening... I'm certain it's a vacuum frame problem, so today I'm
going to pull the thing apart and check everything. Fun.
Keith.
On May 2, 2007, at 9:52 AM, SusanV wrote:
> Keith,
>
> Are you getting a lighter strip along the edge of your print? I know
> I've experienced that when the sheet has a nearly imperceptible rise
> at the edge, such as what is caused when the sheet gets bent upward
> when cutting it. Maybe it's the cutting of the sheet?
>
> Susan
>
> On 5/2/07, Keith Taylor <taylordow@sprintmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>
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