Cost of Photo made plates

Aaron David
on 23 Jun 12 (08:45)

I starting to get business that has 4 to 5 inch photos, what is the going cost for photo made plates?

Devils Tail Press
on 23 Jun 12 (11:02)

Shouldn’t your question be directed to a platemaker?

HavenPress
on 23 Jun 12 (13:56)

.62-.67 cents a square inch for polymer, if it’s coarse enough to apply linescreens to, and it seems like copper can sometimes be double or triple that depending upon the thickness and configuration (IE, mounted, unmounted, etc), and most of these businesses have a “30 sq inch” minimum.

Aaron David
on 23 Jun 12 (20:23)

Thanks for the information, this is the same price I pay for MAGNESIUM PLATES.

HavenPress
on 23 Jun 12 (21:00)

Magnesium plates are photo etched too, and that sounds about right for the thin mag plates- polymer does some things mag wont, though, and it is debated to hold a higher LPI at thinner gauges of plate material.