Re: UV exposure light boxes

Michael,
Try asking around to some of the offset printing houses in your area.
Many offset printers use UV sensitive plates for printing jobs (I worked at
a newspaper in the 80s and 90s and we used one to print our weekly paper. It
was a very unusual choice - an expensive way to print a weekly paper, but
the company had gotten the press on the cheap.)

So we used a UV plate burner all the time. It may have been a NuArc, but I
wouldn't know model number or anything. We printed 17x32 sheets on the
press. So, the plate burner was at least that big.

Barry

Barry Kleider
Photographer. Arts Educator.
612.722.9701
email: bkleider@sihope.com
Web: www.barryphotography.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Slade" <mike@tawayama.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: UV exposure light boxes

> Sandy,
>
> I'm getting ready to start doing very large carbons and pt/pd prints this
> fall (12x20s and smaller...nothing bigger).
>
> I have used plate burners in the past and am very satisfied with them.
I'm
> not aware of a unit that can handle a negative of that size that isn't
> tremendously expensive.
>
> I have some time to shop around and do my homework. Was wondering if you
> had any suggestions.
>
> Yeah, I can do a huge bank of UV lights, and just might decide in the end
> that it is the best way to tackle this project, but if you know of any
plate
> burners that might fit the bill I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> (sorry for the thread hi-jack)
>
> Michael Slade
> Tawàyama Safaris Inc.
> www.tawayama.com
>
>
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 3 17:07:48 2004