Re: [OT] CGP & lith film

If you read around on the KPG site, some amount of litho is being used
for templating circuitry/circuit-boards. Since there is basic circuitry
in anything electronic (and there are so many electronic things around
nowadays), there are a million and one uses for this lith film, I'm
sure. Plus, if the circuitry is sensitive enough, I would guess that it
may be something like one lith sheet per template (in some crazy
automated system). In short, my guess is that lith film, at least in
this incarnation, will be around for quite a while.
By the way, if anyone happens to know how I can get a handle on any of
this used circuitry-making lith film (knowing someone in some
electronics manufacturing firm), I'd love to get some... found
negatives, in a way.

k

Gordon J. Holtslander wrote:

> Wow - supplanted by technology. You need to find a Luddite printer :)
>
> I didn't realize digital printing was so prevalent elsewhere. I wonder if
> there is another industry that litho?
>
> Maybe you scandanavians should do a joint bulk order.
>
> Gord
>
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Galina wrote:
>
>
>>No, Gordon, I am sorry to say, but
>>
>>everything is purely digital here in Norway too!
>>
>>Some years ago I had pleasure of getting rests of lith materials from
>>local printing firms, but now they have either sold it all to me or
>>thrown out the rest of it, I have been calling nearly every firm in
>>Scandinavia (Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm, as I teach often there).
>>
>>So for me the easiest is to order through websites, but as I said, it
>>turns to three times the original price due to taxes and shipping. It
>>is far too expensive to mail things from USA or Canada too. So I have
>>been ordering from Silveprint in London or taking materials with me
>>when traveling.
>>
>>Galina.
>>www.galina.no
>>
>>On Tuesday, Dec 9, 2003, at 16:40 Europe/Oslo, Gordon J. Holtslander
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi:
>>>
>>>At risk of being overly persistent - I'm surprised its not available.
>>>I buy my CGP through our local Heidelberg prepress shop. I order by
>>>phone, pay with a credit-card, and its couriered to me from their
>>>regional
>>>warehouse. I've never tried buying directly from Polychrome.
>>>
>>
>
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Received on Wed Dec 10 13:37:46 2003