Yes Ive seen the plates available on Ebay and Alibaba and might have to give it a punt. I have also passed on the information from Martin onto my local supplier G2PSD. They are investigating and already import other product from China, so hopefully that works out. I will keep you updated on their progress. I have had to change from possidev to a new developer called Prima DP200 which does the job just as well. For film I use a 100 mic laserfilm from GCC Australia, John Osmotherly 0418177086. He also sells the laser printers as well. I run that through a HP Laserjet 5000, Its a 1200 dpi laser printer. Mirror Image, emulsion side down. Screens are okay but not the best, usually output at 100 line 600 dpi from anywhere 10-80 percent. To darken the image on the Laserfilm I use ordinary Diggers White Spirit Dry Cleaning Fluid available from Bunnings, cheap as. apply that with a light coating using a cotton pad, leave for 10 min to dry and makes a huge difference to the Toner density. You can buy a Toner spray but its expensive. Unsure of whats happening in the Australian Market, but I did say to my local supplier I cannot believe that a small printer say in India or Pakistan would now need to upgrade to CTP ? There must be hundreds if not thousands of small printers still using this system. There's always pressure from the suppliers sales team to upgrade, ive made it quite clear I don't want to. Anyhow see how we go!!
