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@@adilchauhan8664 mmm could be many reasons, what material are you using as a negative l use OHP film printed on a basic Epson ink jet printer which you need to dry before exposing with the polymer plate, although l use the cheaper Chinese polymer, if there are fine lines then it’s the expensive polymer from Caslon (costs about 3 times as much). The age of the polymer also affects the finished plate, have you tried different exposure times or altering the temperature of the wash out water could be your brush is too stiff, try a softer brush. It takes a lot of experiments to get it correct! Hope that helps but please don’t give up. Regards Norman

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Hi Chris Thanks for your interest in my video, l am based in Needham Market, Suffolk and I’m still printing the tickets. If you want any samples if you let me have your address l will forward a few from recent orders! Regards Norm

Hi I believe there are several suppliers, l got mine via eBay but l think Caslon now sell them, mine cost around £200 new and l purchased a few sheets of cheap polymer plates to practice on first using OHP film printed on an ink jet printer. The difference in price between cheap plates (£8) and Caslon etc. (£28) which made sense to me in fact l usually try the cheap plate’s first as l can normally get away using them. The exposure is the critical factor with times varying from 90 seconds to 240 seconds but even that seems to vary between batches of plates. Please let me know how you get on or if you need any more information. Regards Norm

thanks for the quick reply norm! I found a similar version on Amazon. But I also found a lamp style light that was super inexpensive that I'm going to try first. I'll let you know how it goes@@normanbrown3384

Hi Janet I assume you mean the computer files, in which case l always save in jpg format from gimp. It’s easier if l have to print via Microsoft. If you mean the polymer plates, then l wash them with white spirit and a soft brush although it’s unusual that they will be required for a reprint, if however they are after cleaning l make a point of laying them out in the sunshine (not often in the UK!) to keep them hard. Hopefully that helps you if not then please contact me again. Regards Norman

Hi Sorry for delay it’s a Epson SX215

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Thanks for comments sadly due to virus work has dried up! If you have any questions please ask

Thanks for comments if you have any queries (or suggestions) then please contact me!

Hi Thanks for enquiry the basic costs would be 50 sheets 750 micron grayboard £6.00 and 100 sheets coloured copier paper £4.00 (A4 size), plus some PVA adhesive so taking ink and cleaning materials you would be looking at an outlay of £12.00 (sterling). But remember there would be a high labour cost. l reckon on 5000 taking me 4 days to produce and as the “going” rate in the UK is around £20/24 per 1000 so you aren’t gonna get rich quick. l was involved on the footplate so didn’t mind doing the work. Some of the preserved railways in the UK managed to get old British Railways stock of blanks cheaply and are still basing their costings on the original costs not the replacement/current costs as a commercial printer would do. Hope that answers your questions if not then please contact me at norman.bigpawpress@gmail.com Best regards Norman

@@normanbrown3384 thanks norman, i am looking to get tickets printed for the railway i volunteer with, we are a small group and have just opened our station and started selling tickets, at the moment one of the members makes them on his computer but ideally we would like an authentic feel and size edmondson style ticket, i shall move the conversation over to emails if you are happy to continue it, thanks, Mark.