[pure-silver] Re: Grain
- From: DarkroomMagic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:47:40 +0100
No problem. Dan Burkholder's book is a good one. I would recommend it to
anyone, doing this technique or not. However, his recent departure from
imagesetters to inkjets was (mis)guided by what he thought is an industry
trend. AFAIC, it's not the way to go.
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
On 2006-01-11 18:29, "Lee Carmichael" <click76112@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ralph,
>
> that is always a possibility that I would confuse those two
> things. Thanks for pointing out the problem.
>
> lee\c
>
>
> At 09:51 AM 1/11/2006, you wrote:
>> Lee
>>
>> I think you have lpi and dpi confused, but your book recommendation is a
>> good one and clarifies the math involved.
>>
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>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Ralph W. Lambrecht
>>
>> http://www.darkroomagic.com
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>>
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>> On 2006-01-11 02:36, "Lee Carmichael" <click76112@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Peter,
>>> I would recommend that you spend some time with a phone book and look
>>> for service bureaus in you area. If I were doing this I would want
>>> to be involved with the bureau and if I had to, teach them what I
>>> want the negatives to look like. Isn't there a book out there about
>>> making digital negatives for alt printing? (Dan
>>> Burkholder
>>> http://www.danburkholder.com/Pages/main_pages/page1_main.htm book
>>> info on that page) I would get that book and study up and show it to
>>> the service bureau. They might only know how right now to make
>>> halftone negatives. That may be what you want if you can get them in
>>> the 2540 lpi and 200 dpi range. That is a pretty fine dot. Be aware
>>> that not all imagesetters can do 2540 but max out at 2400 lpi. There
>>> is some math that tells you at a certain lpi you can achieve a
>>> certain dpi. I am blanking out right now but if I think of the
>>> formula I will post that too. Good luck!
>>>
>>> lee\c
>>>
>>>
>>> At 11:26 PM 1/9/2006, you wrote:
>>>> Lee Carmichael wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have installed over 100 imagesetters and platesetters in my
>>>>> working life. The issue with imagesetters is when they go bad it
>>>>> costs a lot of money. They cost in the neighborhood of 35K to buy
>>>>> one of the lower end units. Imagesetters can be repaired. I don't
>>>>> totally believe Lensworks explanation. There are other companies
>>>>> that have imagesetters. This is the way negs and plates are made these
>>>>> days.
>>>>> Direct to press is starting to make some headway into the shops but
>>>>> these presses are very expensive and only handle a small portion of
>>>>> the printing that comes into the shops. There are some direct to
>>>>> plate machines but we are talking 75K for the low end of these.
>>>>>
>>>>> lee\c
>>>>
>>>> Lee,
>>>>
>>>> That's good to hear. Can you recommend anyone for making digital
>> negatives?
>>>>
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