Re: Photogravure question

Jack and others of great wisdom,

I can see how the proecesses of traditional photogravure and of polymer plate
are different mechanically—how do they differ in terms of how the ink
actually gets laid down on the paper in the end and how does it look different?

Second, can the stochastic screen or some sort of similar digital screen
emulate the rosin dusting used in traditional photogravure?

Thanks in advance for raising my level of ignorance above that of a cabbage.

Mark Nelson
In a message dated 11/3/03 12:07:31 PM, jack@jackbrubaker.com writes:

> There is no question that wonderfull prints are being done on photo-polymer
> plates. There is no way to see the difference between copper plate
> photogravure and acrylic plate intaglio in photos of the prints (let alone
> web images). The actual 3 dimentional ink from a copper plate uses all the
> best features of intaglio. Photogravure is very complex and not for
> everyone, but it is not the same as photo-polymer intaglio. There's lots of
> room for both but lets be clear in our terminology.
>
> Jack
>
Received on Mon Nov 3 12:39:15 2003