Yes, thus the reason for the inquiry regarding sheeps wool. I've read every bit of historical writing on the subject that I could get my hands on. Specifically...
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lemontreepress@...
papernan92067
Aug 15, 2005 9:44 pm
In a message dated 8/15/2005 1:21:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, kwhalen.incline@... writes: And we like to think, like any Private Press worth its salt,...
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Fritz Klinke
nagraph81433
Aug 15, 2005 9:14 pm
Lisa brings up an excellent point in this discussion about type of paper. All of the bronzing work I was involved with on a commercial basis when I worked in...
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Judith Behr
judipaper
Aug 15, 2005 8:47 pm
Gerald, Toner scatter could be a problem but one that could be fixed with a brush and some opaque red and a bit of time. As to the variance in toner...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 15, 2005 7:00 pm
Judith I'd guess the answer would be yes but a bit of qualification here. I've seen the printed output of an Xante laser jet printer at 2400 and it looked...
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Judith Behr
judipaper
Aug 15, 2005 6:40 pm
I am not (yet) a letterpress shop. Hopefully someday soon I will be. In the meantime I am trying to learn as much as I can. I keep my l keep my loupe on the...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 15, 2005 5:35 pm
Judith One of my clients, an ex-student who is a photographer and printmaker, uses a similar technique and as far as I can tell his negatives are properly...
4518
Judith Behr
judipaper
Aug 15, 2005 4:58 pm
I have an HP 5000 that I use to print directly on polyester to make an offset plate... not a negative. As a plate maker, it is really great. Some screens even...
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Sue Clancy
artist@...
Aug 15, 2005 4:06 pm
Oh Yes! I totally understand printing because you can't help yourself! When I was a kid - about 4 or 5 - I made my first book. I'd gotten into my...
4516
typetom@...
typetom2003
Aug 15, 2005 3:53 pm
There was discussion of this about a month ago, probably in the archives. In using an HP laserjet 1300 to make transparencies for making photopolymer plates...
4515
cutvelvet@...
Aug 15, 2005 3:41 pm
... If we're talking about the same bronzing powder--mine is in a small metal can from the 40s or 50s--I'm wondering how easily you've been able to wipe away...
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Gary Mordhorst
gary_accucolor
Aug 15, 2005 3:32 pm
Hi Sponge Bob, How are your production costs? It seems that you would be consuming a lot of ink in order to have a minimum of 4.0 density. Best regards, Gary...
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LA. Book Arts
bookman90035
Aug 15, 2005 3:31 pm
The HP 5000is an establised "imagesetter" for Quickprinters - alas the negatives or positives have not the density required for Polymerplates. ch ... L.A Book...
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Scott Rubel
scottford1124
Aug 15, 2005 3:29 pm
That's not argumentative. That's information, and it's new to me. I'll try it! --Scott...
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Scott Rubel
scottford1124
Aug 15, 2005 3:24 pm
That's not argumentative. That's information, and it's new to me. I'm going to try it! --Scott...
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bobh_76001
Aug 15, 2005 12:21 pm
I don't mean to be argumentative here, but I've been making film positives and NEGATIVES with an HP 5000 printer. I've used this process for over a year now. I...
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Kathleen Whalen
grahamoss
Aug 15, 2005 8:20 am
Thanks Sue, and you too, Marcia. Despite all the conversation, I think that lots of us (ok, maybe just Graham and I) make books because we share your love of...
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Scott Rubel
scottford1124
Aug 15, 2005 2:05 am
If you are talking about negatives that you can actually expose a plate with, then you'd be getting a very "artsy" result. Toner or ink will never be opaque...
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Sue Clancy
artist@...
Aug 15, 2005 1:39 am
Lurker lured from the shadows here - I just had to add my two cents. I'm another member of that sub-culture of readers that are mentioned below. In fact I...
4506
repairman46052
Aug 14, 2005 8:16 pm
Is it posiable to make negitives with an HP Officejet printer when doing line art? What does it take if is posiable? Thanks Rick...
4504
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 13, 2005 11:14 pm
Going way back to the front of the thread: I find this on Google, an article from Coda, the journal of Poets & Writers (Michael mentioned the org), "How to get...
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John Cornelisse
cornelisseap...
Aug 13, 2005 9:00 pm
Hi All, The attraction of the dust-particles is an just a electrical phenomomen... Static electricity... The cotton wool I normally use works fine, the cotton...
4502
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 13, 2005 8:04 pm
Michael Next time you are at the newstand buy yourself a copy of Raw Vision: the international journal of intuitive and visionary art [outsider art/art...
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Regis Graden
regispolyplates
Aug 13, 2005 7:02 pm
Gerald, Very interesting about the sheep's wool rejecting etc. Another thing I didn't know. I learn something new every day! Thanks, Regis Gerald Lange...
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Jason Dewinetz
greenboathouse
Aug 13, 2005 6:04 pm
I woke this morning wondering if I'd perhaps shoved my foot down my throat with my last post, but am glad to see more discussion on the topic and appreciate...
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austin
prtsbyaj
Aug 13, 2005 4:25 pm
... Jason, As the old saying goes, Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, likewise Value is in the eye of the Buyer. Value is what the buyer sees and perceives...
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Michael Andrews
poetmik
Aug 13, 2005 1:36 pm
Gerald I have to agree with you about value residing in something other than financial worth. Like you, I have strong leanings toward content, and like you,...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 13, 2005 8:51 am
Jason I appreciate your well thought out posts but I'm not sure this is such a black or white situation. I have mimeo publications I value more highly than...
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Jason Dewinetz
greenboathouse
Aug 13, 2005 8:20 am
Speaking from a few positions (reader, writer, publisher, designer, book maker, book lover) this thread continues to bring up interesting issues for me, and...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 13, 2005 8:01 am
Graham Well, initially I did think about this, just because I thought the shape useful. But they don't tell you what the brushes are made of. I did learn that...
