Re: Polymer Plate 80% screen Weirdness Solved!

Plate tone is a matter of taste - with photographic images, plate tone might
well be the thing that announces your work as a gravure rather than another
process.
Kate
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From: "Jon Lybrook" <jon@terabear.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: Polymer Plate 80% screen Weirdness Solved!

> Baird, Darryl wrote:
> > As to these having the "quality" of no plate tone, I'd submit that
> > quality is relative to the experience of the user. Wiping plates is
> > one of the skills we acquire when using ink on any plates. Your
> > mileage may vary...
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> Thanks for the links Darryl.
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> With the right person wiping I'm sure plate tone can be minimized if not
> eliminated entirely with conventional plates, if desired. My instructor
is a
> big fan of plate tone, but I am not -- at least not until I get better
control.
> The nature of my subject matter involves 'happy accidents', but I'm not
ready
> to introduce it into the printing process just yet. There are enough
random
> hurdles (including Newton Rings) for now.
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> Jon
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Received on Tue Feb 17 14:00:04 2004