Kodak polychrome

[Slammer]

Hi all here is a small and unimportant platequestion:
Kodak Polychrome blasting through a G&J interplater 85 using AGFA ND500 juice.
I need the temperature and speed if possible,
Plates and chemicals are over 4 years old.
Any takers.

 

[maxon]

What Kodak plate exactly, and why are you being using Agfa chemistry ?

 

[Slammer]

Hi, the plates are Kodak winner gold.
And as to the mix of plates and chemistry; I know, I know, I am shuddering myself, but!
We are actually a manafacture of CtS devices that can also be used for CtP and as there is a Machine Demo tomorrow and we just happen to have a few canisters of Agfa's finest and a Handfull of Plates I was told to dust the old interplater off that has been standing for the last three years and get ready for a perfect Demo.

 

[KevinC@EFI]

Hi Slammer - I wish I could be more optomistic, but 4-year-old negative working plates are likely not going to work very well for you - especially if they haven't been stored in well-controlled conditions. Positive working plates keep a bit better, but 4 years is a long time even for them. 4-year-old chemistry scares me even more.

I wish I had some suggestions for developing conditions, but you'll have to do some trial and error, sorry! Good luck - if you need fresh product and there's anything I can do to get you in contact with the right people let me know.

Kevin (Kodak)

 

[Slammer]

Thanks for the replies all, yes I have my friend Tae (trial and error) working for me at the moment.
And as for the age of the wares someone once said: "we work with what we have not what we want"
I think we are good at the moment with 24 degrees and speed 80, the only good is that the plates are just show and tell and not going on a press.

 

[cjwworld]

I had negative plates stored for 2 years and it was unusable.. good luck.. There are no known values since its unconventional to mix stuff and being too old at that.