Re: call to UV printers: was Fluorescent bulbs

j.r.anderson (j.r.anderson@mds.qmw.ac.uk)
Tue, 1 Oct 1996 08:22:50 +0100

>Hi everyone,
>I've poured through all the information in the archives about constructing
>and purchasing UV exposure units. I'm not very knowledgeable about lighting
>and electical things (I had to ask a co-worker what a ballast was)!
>
>So, for anyone and everyone who prints from a UV source other than the sun,
>I would love to hear all the specs, names, model numbers, catalogue numbers
>etc, and details about them. In particular, about homemeade units.
>
>I know this may be redundant to the list, so I welcome any responses through
>my personal email.
>
>Thank you
>Risa

This reminds me of a question I was recently asked but could not answer -
although in theory any UV source COULD work for platinum-palladium
printing, I know (courtesy of a certain book ;-) ) that the maximum
sensitivity of platinum-coated paper is close to 350 nm - what would be the
ideal "acceptable" or "preferred" range for an artificail UV source? For
example, I know someone who has been offered a unit (ex-lithographic /
printing, I think) which takes bulbs with a wave length of 365 nm - I could
not tell her whether this was in the acceptable range or not ...

Any comments?

Jonathan Anderson