COPY and POSITIVE  PREPARATION

 

Sundry Products for Copy Preparation

Art Cleaner

Fast drying petroleum solvent for the removal of adhesives, labels, greasy thumbprints etc. from artwork and films.

 

Amber Masking Film

Amber transparent coating on a clear polyester base. Can be hand cut with a scalpel, or cut on a plotter, to make large positives or exposure masks. In rolls of 112 or 132 cm wide, by 7.62 meters long

Assembly / montage film

High quality clear polished polyester film for positioning of  films prior to exposing emulsion. Available in rolls of 1.02×30 meters or, to order, in packs of  sheets which can be standard sizes or cut to preferred sizes.

Cutting Mats

Available in green or translucent white in a range of sizes

Remarkable “self heal” surface.

Kimotopaque pens

Pens containing liquid deep red reprographically opaque ink applied through durable capillary tip. Used for spotting out on positives, or for hand creation of transparencies on acetate films. Available in superfine 0.5mm, fine 1.0mm, and meduim, 3.0mm

 

Magic Tape

“Invisible” adhesive tape  Available in 12/19/25 mm width rolls of 33 & 66m

 

Masking Films

Hand or computer plotter cut, red or amber peelable coating on clear polyester film base usually stocked in 1.02x10m rolls of amber and  red.

 

Paper Masking Tape

Crepe paper self adhesive tape sold in 24, 48, & 72 mm widths. Lots of uses!

 

Scalpel Blades and Handles

We usually stock the “industry standard” 10A scalpel blades with the corresponding No3 scalpel handle, but other sizes easily available at request.

 

Spraymount

Well known aerosol artwork adhesive, re-positionable, with lots of other uses.

Image Setting and Other Graphic Reproduction Supplies

A wide range of manufacture and type of photo / IR & UV laser- sensitive films and papers suitable for most image setting and other photographic purposes. To establish availability please enquire.

Graphic repro consumable products are stocked in response to demand, and we would be pleased to hold stocks for regular users

 

Imaging Films & supplies

Clear Jet Premium Film

Excellent clear film for imaging on most inkjet printers. Depending on printer used, will give very dense black images well suited to the preparation of screen making positives. Uses normal black inks.  Clear Jet Premium Film is available as A4, A4+, A3 , and A3+ cut sheets, or in a range of wide format rolls, at competitive pricing!

 

Laser Film Matt

Polyester sheet specially matt coated to take toner from laser printers. Depending on the printer it can be a cost effective means of producing positive films

Available in A4 & A3 sizes.

 

Laser Film Gloss

Similar to above, but in clear gloss format. Available in A4 & A3 sizes

 

Toner Spray

Spray onto laser imaged films to intensify the image.

 

Glass cleaner Spray

Easy to use, effective, quality glass cleaner for many applications, including the inside of the windscreen in your car!.

Exposure Equipment Bulbs

We did stock 500w 250v linear quartz bulbs for repro cameras (do you remember what they were?) We can get nearly any lamp, UV, Metal Halide, Mercury Vapour, etc. usually within 48hrs, often faster and at a better price than the equipment manufacturer

 

Rapid Access Developer and Fixer

High quality concentrated chemistry for most rapid access processing, as used with image setting equipment

Retouch Pens

Liquid Opaque in handy fibre tip pen form. In superfine, fine and broad point, excellent for retouching negs and possi’s. Very good for hand drawn possi’s in artistic printmaking.

 

Retouch Brushes

Fine quality sable brushes in a range of sizes for retouching

 

Plumtree Red Opaque

NEWS FLASH! We can now get this old faithful product.! Used with the retouch brushes, is very good for hand drawn images

 

Safelights

We can supply a wide range of encapsulated safelights for a  wide range of applications. Most popular is a yellow / gold for stencil rooms, but sizes and colours available for various applications. Please ask for more information.

 

Scanner Wipes

Anti Static cleaning wipes for scanner drums and all other optical surfaces

 

U.V. Light Sources

We can supply a range of U.V. light sources both new, pre-owned, and refurbished. For more information on these please contact us to discuss.

 

Vacuum (Contact) Frames

We are able to supply a range of contact/ exposure frames of many sizes both new, pre-owned, and refurbished. For more information on these please contact us to discuss. We can also supply replacement vacuum blankets, made to order or for you to work with.