Re: cheap press for relief printing

I love printing off of photo plates, but what I couldn't
get into the was the prep and cleanup time for each
print. Inking the plate - and then cleaning it for the
next print - was a time-consuming and messy job that
involved the use of lots of solvents. I didn't like breathing
that stuff for so long.

Can you use water-based inks for this process?

At 12:55 PM -0400 9/25/01, gina wrote:
>Dick Blick Art Supplies sells an old fashioned "wringer" type press for less
>than $200. Actually, I think it really is just a clothes wringer that they
>sell as a press. I bought mine about 10 years ago and it works great for
>relief printing, drypoint, monoprints, or anything else you would use an
>etching press for. Its only limitation is the size-the wringers will only
>accomodate up to 11" width but the length is not limited.
>
>I clamped it to an old table and use scraps of matboard to support
>everything as it "goes through the wringer". Also used it to make polaroid
>transfers when I was too lazy to hand rub them. :0)
>
>www.dickblick.com
>
>
>Gina Bellando
>
>http://home.ix.netcom.com/~ginabell/index.html
>
>
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