Re: photo-acrylic question

Your right, I got my teminology twisted. One of the products I am looking at
is called Z Acryl, but it is polymer. So let me start again. I am looking at
several products on the web that claim to do photo-polymer intagio but come
in sheet form. A 24" X 10' roll is around $50 to $60. Aparently this is the
same emulsion that is on the Solar Plates. Someone out there is mounting the
Photo-polymer on steel to market the plates. The Photo-polymer is available
in different thicknesses for use as an ecthing resist (originally invented
to etch ciruit boards with a thin polymer) or as a thicker film for letter
press and photo-intglio off the plastic surface. I wondered if anyone had
used the film (which the distributers say is easy to mount on plates). Is it
easy to mount? What thickness, or name product is best for polymer intagio.
Perhaps there is really only a few products being remarketed under more
names. I have some experience with Photogravure in my miss-spent youth and
would like to see how these new materials feel. The products I have looked
at (as much as anyone cane actually see anything on the web) are: Puretech,
Z Acryl, and Image-on. I'm sure there are others out there. This seems to be
a sideline of photo-polymer that has become a serious player in industry.

Kris, thinks for making me realize I had my vocabulary crossed.

Jack

> From: Kris Erickson <kris.erickson@utoronto.ca>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 12:01:43 -0500
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: photo-acrylic question
>
> When you say "photo-acrylic", do you mean the photopolymer? I know a
> Press that uses it for fleurons and special typefaces they don't have in
> lead stock--line art or etching-related application should also work. I
> also know they have a special machine to expose and develop the
> material. I can try to relay some technical questions, if you like.
>
> If it is indeed a different acrylic material you are talking about, what
> material is it? What's the typical cost?
>
> kris
>
>
>
>
> Jack Brubaker wrote:
>
>> Has anyone experience with the photo-acrylic in sheet form? I asked this a
>> few days ago and hope it got overlooked by someone outthere that has used
>> the sheet acrylic for intaglio. I want to try the acrylic-intaglio process
>> but would rather not pay for the solar plates if the cheaper sheet material
>> works as promised... Any help would be most welcome!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
Received on Fri Nov 7 10:15:16 2003