Peter Marshall (petermarshall@cix.co.uk)
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:39 +0000 (GMT)
Those interested in making high density negatives on an ink jet might
find it worth investigating the Amanda system. There was an article
on this in the May 98 issue of the UK magazine Electronic Imaging. It
says that Amanda supply a special film and black lacquer, high UV
density inks, especially for use in Epson printers, where printing at
1440x720 gives the equivalent of a 70 line screen.
The special inks and papers it says were developed by Autoprint in
Italy as a replacement for conventional film production in printing,
"at a fraction of the price", though I suspect this is still quite
expensive.
Negative images can be produced using a film with a black coating and
inverter inks.
The UK phone number given for further information was that
of Dave Thomas at Burns & Scott on 01721 724503, though I imagine
that this product will also be available in the US.
The article says that the prints from plates made using these negatives
look identical at first glance to those from the traditional process, but
close inspection reveals very slight banding on flat colour areas and a
slightly less sharp edge to text, but is suitable for all except the
highest quality work.
I haven't investigated this at all myself,
Peter Marshall
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