Re: silkscreen and Xerox

Russell Cothren (rcothren@comp.uark.edu)
Thu, 18 May 1995 15:26:49 -0500 (CDT)

I have a friend who has a very profitable screen buis. and uses
xerox copies all of the time. Screens work on a pos. instead of a neg.
Just use the copy on the screen and shoot light through the print onto
the screen.

RUSSELL
DONE

On Fri, 19 May 1995, Mark Blockovich wrote:

> >In a conversation I had with a pro-photographer/artist recently, methods of
> >activating the photosensitive material in photo silkscreen came up. In
> >addition to the regular ways, she mentioned that she'd read about using a
> >Xerox machine. This was apparently most useful for making stencils or with
> >images with large areas of uniform density.
> >
> >Does anyone have any info on this method? TIA
> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >Harriet C.W. Thompson, M.S.
> >Department MIP/LSUMC
> >New Orleans, LA
> ><hthomp@pop3.lsumc.edu>
> ><hthomp@nomvs.lsumc.edu>
> ><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> I remember when I first started my t-shirt screenprinting company, I
> experimented burning screens using the sun, photoflood lights, etc. At that
> time, factors concerning the density of the capilary film, intensity of
> light and the time factors were determined by trial and error. I must
> admit, I have never heard of the Xerox way, but that does not mean that it
> may not be a viable resource. Currently, I specialize in screenprinting
> photographic images on t-shirts. I especially enjoy screenprinting the
> Kirlian images that I photograph with my homemade device and love to
> experiment with new techniques related to my business. If you can't find
> any more info on the Xerox way of making a stencil, let me know and I'll
> give it a try and relay my results. I alway's up to try something new!
>
> Mark Blockovich
> mblock@tcd.net
>
>
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