Everything we use every day for polymer photogravure in our Vermont studio: Toray Torelief photopolymer plates, true 365nm UV LEDs for your exposure unit, our direct-to-plate workflow, and imaged plates to practice inking and printing.
0.95 mm steel-backed, water-wash photopolymer plates for DTP and film gravure.
Price range: $16.00 through $2,300.00
A plate-making service: upload your files, get an instant price for each plate, and we print them in 24–48 hours. Ships worldwide.
From $60.77
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True 365nm, 24V. A 5 m reel with 20 connectors and a free build guide.
$150.00
Our QuadToneRIP curves, Profiler calibration tool, manual and videos.
Price range: $25.00 through $500.00
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Imaged plates, ready to ink on any etching press. Ink recipe included.
$25.00
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Test any ink at six coverage steps, from 10% to 100%, before you print.
$15.00
17 in stock
Everything we sell for an 8″ × 10″ direct-to-plate setup, with enough plates to calibrate and validate your process, from the first exposure test to a finished print.
What it is: our QuadToneRIP curves for Toray water-wash plates, the Profiler calibration tool, the targets, the training manual and step-by-step videos.
Why it's here: it's how you print the image onto the plate, and how you calibrate the curve to your own press, ink and paper.
What it is: true 365nm, 24V UV LEDs for building your own exposure unit, with connectors and a free build guide and wiring diagrams.
Why three: an 8″ × 10″ plate needs a 13″ × 15″ LED grid (2.5″ of overhang on every side for even exposure to the edges). That's about 12.5 m of strip, so three reels.
What it is: the 0.95 mm steel-backed, water-wash photopolymer plate we use every day.
Why five: calibrating takes four plates (an exposure test, the open-bite limit, the 80×10 calibration target and a validation print), and the fifth is for your first image or a second validation pass.
Not included: a 24V power supply (at least 255 W / 10.6 A for this grid), a large-format Epson printer that QuadToneRIP supports, an X-Rite i1Pro spectrophotometer and an etching press. See the full list on the workflow page.
Photogravure workshops in Cabot, Vermont. Each in-person workshop includes the workflow and 5 hours of remote setup support.
A large-format Epson printer that QuadToneRIP supports, a Mac with QuadToneRIP and i1Profiler, an X-Rite i1Pro Rev E or i1Pro 3 spectrophotometer, a UV exposure unit and an etching press. The full list is on the workflow page.
Yes. Shipping is calculated at checkout. Free shipping on orders of $200 or more applies to domestic orders.
Yes. Email us the sizes you need.
By freight, from a warehouse in Earth City, MO. It generally leaves the warehouse two days after you order. Palletizing, surcharge and LTL freight rates are invoiced after we get the order.
TRUE-365 reels start shipping around November 1st.
