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Quote from: Homer on April 02, 2014, 10:41:13 PMthis thing truly is an amazing unit...110 S mesh was around 20 seconds, the longest time so far... seems like 8-12 seconds will be our go-to times for our every day stuff...If I had to point out one thing to change/improve -it would be the hinge clamps. Not that they are bad -but I can see that those hinge pins may be the first things to go, being all plastic....but I am super happy with it, worth every penny!That's a photopolymer emulsion with diazo, right? Which brand emulsion? I'm around 24lu/seconds on a 110 white mesh with aquasol hvp (no diazo)
this thing truly is an amazing unit...110 S mesh was around 20 seconds, the longest time so far... seems like 8-12 seconds will be our go-to times for our every day stuff...If I had to point out one thing to change/improve -it would be the hinge clamps. Not that they are bad -but I can see that those hinge pins may be the first things to go, being all plastic....but I am super happy with it, worth every penny!
Rich, do you guys have a chart that shows the emulsions / coating method / screen type / burn times that you've tested so far?
Holy crap. I just got notified that mine is ready for pickup!!!Rich: thank you thank you thank you.I'll post results with xenom nova tomorrow afternoon.Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
we received our Starlight 2331 today... (picked it up at the Niles warehouse... I saw a bunch of BIG presses crated up... I jokingly asked the dock guy if he'd load a challenger 3d into the back of my truck for me.. LOL)this thing is awesome... we're upgrading from a compression FL unit (no vacuum drawdown), so I'm sure my results are much more awesome to me than some of you...For comparison: the majority of our screens are 200 count... and we primarily use Xenon Nova emulsion with Diazo added. On our old FL unit, exposure times for a 200 screen were around 5-6 minutes.... we always had issues with fine detail, and halftones over 45lpi were never achievable with any repeatable results. Now we're running 200 mesh screens at 52 seconds with perfect 45lpi halftonesvacuum drawdown is around 5-10 seconds... the 2331 unit doesn't have a timer for the drawdown like the 3140, and I haven't sat there with a stop watch, but it's very fast.I can't say enough good things about what this unit is going to do to our prints... as well as lower our frustration levels if you have a FL unit, you owe it to yourself to upgrade... it is worth every penny.
Quote from: jvanick on April 04, 2014, 06:19:46 PMwe received our Starlight 2331 today... (picked it up at the Niles warehouse... I saw a bunch of BIG presses crated up... I jokingly asked the dock guy if he'd load a challenger 3d into the back of my truck for me.. LOL)this thing is awesome... we're upgrading from a compression FL unit (no vacuum drawdown), so I'm sure my results are much more awesome to me than some of you...For comparison: the majority of our screens are 200 count... and we primarily use Xenon Nova emulsion with Diazo added. On our old FL unit, exposure times for a 200 screen were around 5-6 minutes.... we always had issues with fine detail, and halftones over 45lpi were never achievable with any repeatable results. Now we're running 200 mesh screens at 52 seconds with perfect 45lpi halftonesvacuum drawdown is around 5-10 seconds... the 2331 unit doesn't have a timer for the drawdown like the 3140, and I haven't sat there with a stop watch, but it's very fast.I can't say enough good things about what this unit is going to do to our prints... as well as lower our frustration levels if you have a FL unit, you owe it to yourself to upgrade... it is worth every penny....I don't know much about that emulsion, but we have been using CCI WR-14, and we have kinda settled on an exposure time of 35 seconds for pretty much everything. Maybe a bit long for some higher meshes, but we haven't had any problems resolving detail. Its nice for us having A) a standard exposure time, which means no hassles or underexposed screens, and B) knowing that all screens are fully exposed, should I decide at the last minute to throw on some hardener and run a discharge base or something.
Quote from: Mr Tees!! on April 04, 2014, 07:13:55 PMQuote from: jvanick on April 04, 2014, 06:19:46 PMwe received our Starlight 2331 today... (picked it up at the Niles warehouse... I saw a bunch of BIG presses crated up... I jokingly asked the dock guy if he'd load a challenger 3d into the back of my truck for me.. LOL)this thing is awesome... we're upgrading from a compression FL unit (no vacuum drawdown), so I'm sure my results are much more awesome to me than some of you...For comparison: the majority of our screens are 200 count... and we primarily use Xenon Nova emulsion with Diazo added. On our old FL unit, exposure times for a 200 screen were around 5-6 minutes.... we always had issues with fine detail, and halftones over 45lpi were never achievable with any repeatable results. Now we're running 200 mesh screens at 52 seconds with perfect 45lpi halftonesvacuum drawdown is around 5-10 seconds... the 2331 unit doesn't have a timer for the drawdown like the 3140, and I haven't sat there with a stop watch, but it's very fast.I can't say enough good things about what this unit is going to do to our prints... as well as lower our frustration levels if you have a FL unit, you owe it to yourself to upgrade... it is worth every penny....I don't know much about that emulsion, but we have been using CCI WR-14, and we have kinda settled on an exposure time of 35 seconds for pretty much everything. Maybe a bit long for some higher meshes, but we haven't had any problems resolving detail. Its nice for us having A) a standard exposure time, which means no hassles or underexposed screens, and B) knowing that all screens are fully exposed, should I decide at the last minute to throw on some hardener and run a discharge base or something.You are exposing wr-14 for 35 seconds on the starlight? That's what I am looking for, if that's possible.