Comparison to other methods
imagepac compared to the conventional pouring liquid photopolymer method:
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Four stages of conventional method


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imagepac

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place coverlay remove entrapped air dam off required area slowly and carefully pour resin remove air bubbles cut backing sheet to size lay backing sheet |
is replaced by:
place sachet on negative |
imagepac compared to sheet photopolymer:
• imagepac is lower in cost
• imagepac is water washable and has better health and safety
• imagepac is much quicker, taking a fraction of the time to expose, wash out and dry
imagepac compared to vulcanizing rubber:
• imagepac is much lower cost, until you have made over three repetitions of the matrix board
• imagepac is much faster, taking approximately 1/6th of the time
• imagepac does not produce a strong odour or any risk of operator burning
• imagepac uses very little electricity
imagepac compared to laser engraved rubber:
• The imagepac exposure unit is significantly lower cost
• The imagepac exposure unit does not require expensive maintenance
• The imagepac exposure unit does not require expensive extraction equipment
• imagepac is considerably faster to make
• imagepac does not produce fumes
imagepac compared to flash:
• imagepac is much lower cost
• The exposure unit is much lower cost
• imagepac can be made in large format, producing many stamps at the same time
• imagepac stamps can be inked straight after manufacture.
• imagepac can be used with daters