Re: Photogravure question

>Shannon, will you share your curve for photopolymer offlist? I am working
>with solarplate at the moment and not quite there yet, curvewise.
>Chris

I don't have it. It belongs to the pre-press guy. He developed it in
conjunction with some faculty people at Rice, but it's on his
computer.

He does business by mail. I don't know if he would send you the
curve, but he would certainly make transparencies for you or tell you
how he got the curve right.

Here is his phone number: Gill Daoust, 713-688-0180.

--shannon

>----- Original Message -----
>From: <sstoney@pdq.net>
>To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 9:41 AM
>Subject: Re: Photogravure question
>
>
>> 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 19:35:38 2003