Someone was using the plate making machine to burn a photo based image onto an etching plate. The machine used a carbon arc to create the ultraviolet light, a very old technology that involves electricity arcing between two carbon rods that are gradually consumed in the process. Also makes a huge amount of noise, lots of toxic fumes- made me wonder why we even had the thing in the studio. All other photo based processes we did at the school (silkscreen, photosensitized litho plates) used a more safe ultraviolet vacuum table. This is the only time I remember the machine being used.
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