Re: Photogravure question

I don't discount that it is possible to pull some very nice prints
from photopolymer plates. I would question if any process should be
called Gravure unless it is an intaglio printing process. Calling a
process, which is not an intaglio process, "Photogravure" is
misleading although calling it such would have some "retro" appeal
(good marketing hook). If it is possible to use photopolymer plates
so as to produce a plate that prints in the same manner as a Gravure
plate then I will have no problem calling it a Gravure process;
otherwise the terminology is just plain wrong.

-greg schmitz <gws1@columbia.edu>

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Jalo Porkkala wrote:

> Hello List,
>
> for all those thinking polymer gravure is not "real" photogravure a couple of web sites to visit. Polymer gravure has been practitioned in Scandinavia well over 10 years now, and the results can be stunning ...
>
> http://www.psy.ku.dk/ross/
> http://www2.uiah.fi/~teofilus/
> http://www.photoeye.com/templates/ShowDetailsbyCat.cfm?Catalog=ZB305
>
> Jalo
>
>
> jack reisland kirjoitti 02.11.2003 kello 21:29:
> >
> >
> > "Gordon J. Holtslander" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Are the resulting prints from photopolymer plates and traditional
> > > photogravure sigificantly different?
> > >
> > > Gord
> > >
> >
> > Yes, indeed they are. Photopolymer etching is a two dimensional process,
> > where
> > the variation in tone is acheived by spacing the ink closer or farther
> > apart,
> > much like an ink jet print. Copper plate photogravure adds a 3rd
> > dimension,
> > by
> > also varying the depth of the cells, or holes etched into the copper
> > plate,
> > and
> > thereby varying the thickness of the ink applied to the paper. This
> > results
> > in a
> > richness and depth in the image, especially in the darker tones, that
> > cannot be
> > matched by photopolymer plates.
> >
> > J. Reisland
> >
>
>
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Received on Mon Nov 3 08:42:59 2003