Printing Plate Thickness

garretth
on 15 Jul 10 (09:46)
Updated 15 Jul 10 (12:16)

I have a C&P pilot 6.5 x 10 press. I am looking into companies that make photo-polymer printing plates. The company has recently asked what the width of the plate needs to be. Is there a specific thickness my press should use?

Thank you.

Vrooooom
on 15 Jul 10 (10:58)

No photopolymer plate is available at type-high, so you will need to buy a plate that in conjunction with your base will sit at that height.

True, you need a photopolymer plate. But the plates have different names depending on the type of plate, base, height etc. I myself use KF 152 plates.

megahurt
on 15 Jul 10 (11:10)

Alan from Excelsior Press makes a pretty cool “chase base” that brings photopolymer plates up to type high. It also gives you a larger usable image size than the standard chase.

http://excelsiorpress.org

garretth
on 15 Jul 10 (12:16)

Thanks Vrooooom and megahurt, that helps a lot.

cmcgarr
on 15 Jul 10 (23:05)

Go to PPletterpress and subscribe for all things Photopolymer.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PPLetterpress/

Casey
Inky Lips Letterpress