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Quote from: 244 on May 27, 2015, 08:42:52 PM I will see about getting that for you. Even better send me a file of your own for us to try.I'll make it even easier and send yous guys a film and a quart of our emulsion. We use SP-1400.Is there any way for you to test durability after exposure?
I will see about getting that for you. Even better send me a file of your own for us to try.
This was just too cool to pass up. I checked in and Bazinga! here's 244 making the 244th reply on this thread!
To say LEDs will take over the market in the future is pointless. If LEDs take over the market it will not be the LEDs we have now. It will be the LEDs of the future with major improvements and all the bugs worked out. It is good that people are wanting more from the manufactures. That is how you get better equipment. To say that we have to deal with lost information on our screens with LEDs is just insane.
we will send you the screen to test yourself. Send the digital file as well
While I agree 100% that it will not be the LEDs we have now...and I'm sure LED has already taken over the market for all new mid-sized and up shops, LCD took over for CRT and aside from size, weight and power reductions it took over a decade for LCD to get close to the quality and flexibility of CRTs. Hell, the prevalent audio format is MP3...a subset of the prevalent video format, MPEG. All of these things have one thing in common; they lose (sometimes massive amounts) of information. That is actually their strength. Now, with 10-20 years of development behind these technologies they are finally getting as good as and in some scenarios better than what they replaced......and I think LED will follow the same path. After another 5 to 10 years of development we'll think we were insane for not changing over sooner.I have been following this thread extremely closely as I have the itch to switch but from all I've read so far I think another year or five of development is required. (I'm playing it super safe even though I apparently have the most ideal set of variables on my side given my run sizes, durability requirements and the emulsion I use.)Thanks for all of the thought and conversation in this thread guys. I'll continue to follow it until the bitter end.
Quote from: 244 on May 28, 2015, 11:51:57 PMwe will send you the screen to test yourself. Send the digital file as wellNow we're talking. We use the presses that are slightly lighter blue in color and require pins.Will that be an issue?
Has someone actually said they could for certain print a 2% dot on a shirt? I missed that if so.