Wow, this brings back memories. I was a stripper in the printing industry for 22 years. I loved the craft. If the industry didn't change I would still be doing it. I worked mostly with 30"x40" sheetfed presses. We had a Stosser pin system to register our film to each other. We would punch the 7mill mylar at the bottom. Then we would make a ruleout sheet on frosted mylar. This would help us determine where the negatives were going to be placed. When we layed down our 4 color negs, we usually would lay the magenta down 1st. Next, we would put a 5 mill frosted mylar on top of the magenta mylar carrier. On top of that, we would put the next color carrier on the frosted mylar. The frosted mylar would help defuse the light so when we would lay the next color on top it would be much easier to register. We would use a magnifying glass called a Parameg to register the film to each other. Man, I do miss it.
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Former McLean Hunter film stripper from Toronto, Ontario. McLean's was a magazine/newspaper publisher.in it's day. Sheet fed and high speed web printing. And before that letterpress.
