Re: News from Bostick & Sullivan

From: Richard Sullivan ^lt;richsul@earthlink.net>
Date: 03/06/04-01:37:20 PM Z
Message-id: <6.0.0.22.2.20040306122823.053cd770@mail.cybermesa.com>

Assuming this means gravure tissue, what is the gripe with what Autotype
produces? Quality? Price? Would folks be willing to re calibrate to a
different tissue. It is my understanding that Autotype dearly wants out of
making it. The risk is if I come out with it and they drop it, I am in a
pickle as I have then inherited the mantle. There would be no getting out.

I have heard that some batches are plagued with what are in the trade
termed assh*les, tiny areas that cause asterisk looking pits in the copper.
This i got from a couple of gravure printers here in Santa Fe and also in a
book on gravure from the 30's. I believe they are caused by small pinhole
bubbles in the tissue. With this long a history it may just be an endemic
problem in making the tissue.

Thanks for the comments.

--Dick

At 12:07 PM 3/6/2004, you wrote:
>I would like to recommend the production of gravure paper. Autotype could sure
>use some competition.
>
>Jack Reisland
>
>Richard Sullivan wrote:
>
> >
> > With the coating machine I am looking at other coated products like oil
> > paper, collotype film, albumen, etc. Comments welcome.
Received on Sat Mar 6 13:39:43 2004

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