Pronto Plate Printing
Pronto plate how to based on pronto plate lithography by kevin haas khaas wsu edu about laser printing using adobe photoshop and a laser printer you can easily print images onto pronto plates.
Pronto plate printing. Printing with a pasta machine duration. Replicate your image onto the pronto plate using sharpie markers lithocrayon china marker stabile pencil and or laser print. Solarplate with printmaker dan welden. I was using mircron and sharpie on my pronto plate but the ink doesn t seem to stay on after charging the plate and wiping it softly.
Pronto plates print equally well in the reversed paper print order this makes color printing easy and reliable. With color projects i would recommend printing the first plate face up using a registration sheet then all successive plates can simply be dropped into the existing plate mark onto the print. Attempt to avoid getting oil from fingers onto the plate. Polyester plate lithography is a nontoxic form of lithographic printing.
Pronto plates are the least expensive most efficient option for direct to plate printing in smaller offset printing applications. The litho plate the pronto plates and your paper can all be punched to use pin registration. Pronto plate lithography part 3. Maggie carberry pasquan 6 410 views.
John dawson 1 703 views. Code image product description pack qty min order qty. Pronto plate lithography part 2. Create a small that can be replicated onto the pronto plate.
A 1200 dpi laser printer such as an hp 5100 as we have in the imaging studio a gcc elite xl or a xante printer will work best. Pronto prints 5 printing the plate duration. I was wondering if it helps to heat up the pronto plate first. Try anything that is waterproof.
Oct 26 2015 explore joyschultz s board pronto plates followed by 784 people on pinterest. Clean up duration. See more ideas about prints printmaking lithography. Printing your pronto plates when they are laying on top of an old litho or photo litho plate will help the pronto plate stay stuck down as well as keeping the area around the plate damp and ink free.
January 6 2012 at 9 20 pm. Also what ink did you use on the pronto plates. If you re interested in non toxic fine art printmaking the pronto plate 5000 is the solution you ve been waiting for.