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News Release from: MacDermid Autotype | Subject: Five Star and Alphastar
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 November 2005
Screen Printing Films' Photo-Realistic
Definition
MacDermid Autotype's specialised gelatine screen printing films, Five Star and Alphastar, are being used by the Lorenz Boegli, as photo-stencil indirect films for photo-realistic images.
MacDermid Autotype's specialised gelatine screen printing films, Five Star and Alphastar, are being used by the Lorenz Boegli, as photo-stencil indirect films for the production of photo-realistic images in a three stage print process Zurich (Switzerland) based Lorenz Boegli specialises in screen printing for high resolution fine art and graphics materials
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Lorenz Boegli uses Five Star and Alphastar from MacDermid Autotype for producing all its stencils for screen printing.
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Lorenz Boegli has worked with Autotype's products for a number of years and achieves its best results by combining the Five Star and Alphastar films.
The films offer different levels of contrast, enabling Lorenz Boegli to use Alphastar for reproducing light tones and Five Star for the darker tones.
Combining the two films, however, enables effects to be achieved that go well beyond conventional screen print reproduction.
Lorenz Boegli, managing director of the company, explained: "For a specialised triplex print, for instance, the sky area would be printed in firstly using Alphastar for light grey tones, then black with Five Star and finally, in the third stage, medium grey with Five Star again.
This results in almost photo-realistic quality images in only three stages." He continued: "Using Five Star and Alphastar enables us to obtain the finest screen and the most beautiful typography.
It is essential that the films have excellent dimensional stability as our half tone dot pattern has now been matched exactly to the film gradation levels.
Just as importantly, we monitor the results from the film closely and in the last 10 years have observed no deviation in quality or technical performance and we know from our experiences that no other film is capable of achieving this high and consistent standard of quality." The company's specialities include the production of high quality typography using a fine screen technique based on a resolution of 120 lines per centimetre, plus a wide range of special effects using iridescent printing, thermo-reactive pigments, relief lacquers and rub-off inks.
Lorenz Boegli's screen printing knowledge and the ability of the company's craftsmen and women has attracted many international artists, including Ilya Kabakov, Roni Horn, Peter Doig, Jan Jedlicka, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, Balthasar Burkhard, Roman Signer and Yves Netzhammer. Request a free brochure from MacDermid Autotype ...
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