Pressmen as Platemakers?

[David Milisock]

I worked in a shop where the lead pressman INSISTED that he STRIP the film as well as plate the jobs he was going to run because he felt that the stripper was doing a bad job (pre-CTP years). All prepress did was run the film.

Most pressmen that I know can and will make plates, even though most of them would rather not.
Most pressman that I know can, but won't strip.

Pressman should make the plates in a ROOM technology shop.
Naked pressmen, OOOUCHHH!
Who still uses film?

[Alois Senefelder]

Hello fellow Lithographers and Pre-Press


I've spent "Many happy hours" platemaking, I'll mention making Deep Etch plates another time.


PDFs - I hope you will find of interest.


Regards, Alois

[SnappySteve]

You are shooting yourself in the foot if your press operators cannot make their own replacements or pull reorders without prepress involved. One caveat is that the press operators need to be drilled that they do not need a new set of 8 plates if the position is off 1/10000" on the punch If not, you'll double your material usage in a month

[Alith7]

You are shooting yourself in the foot if your press operators cannot make their own replacements or pull reorders without prepress involved. One caveat is that the press operators need to be drilled that they do not need a new set of 8 plates if the position is off 1/10000" on the punch If not, you'll double your material usage in a month

wow....i'd be happy if my pressmen were concerned about being off 1/16".....but that's a different issue.

[SnappySteve]

wow....i'd be happy if my pressmen were concerned about being off 1/16".....but that's a different issue.

I used to be one, so I can take my shots!!!

[REYES1377]

We have trained all our press people to make plates during the off shifts as there is only dayshift in our plateroom. They all know how to work the CTP and processor as well as sending over CIP3 files if they need them. They only make plates no file changes or anything creative.

X2..... espeacially in this economy. Do not need plate makers sitting around on 2nd and 3rd shifts.

[REYES1377]

I worked in a shop where the lead pressman INSISTED that he STRIP the film as well as plate the jobs he was going to run because he felt that the stripper was doing a bad job (pre-CTP years). All prepress did was run the film.

Most pressmen that I know can and will make plates, even though most of them would rather not.
Most pressman that I know can, but won't strip.

When was this, 1987??