I use photopolymer plates too. I have digital transparencies made by a
pre-press guy. He uses Icefields to put a random stochastic screening in
that makes the plate grab the ink. The most problematic thing was
developing a curve to apply to the digitized image and convincing the
pre-press guy to stop messing with the curve! Once you do that, it's
country simple.
--shannon
>> I skipped copper and went to photopolymer right away, the only
>> consistent problem was getting even blacks and detailed shadows. I
>> couldn't get the ink to "grab" anything and would tend to wipe these
>> areas too hard, escpecially if they were large. I learned my film
>> positives were too contrasty (too dense in the shadows) and cut back
>> my overall density, nothing darker than about an 80% black.
>>
>> also, it has been nearly five years since I inked a plate, but I still
>> have plates, ink, and access to a press... I guess I'm officially
>> still in the game.
>>
>> Describe your "failures," please.
>>
>> Darryl
>>
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Received on Sun Nov 2 08:42:05 2003
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