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Do I need to make the transparency a mirror image of the print I want, as I would have to with collagraph, drypoint or linocut?

April 26, 2017collagraph image linocut mirror print transparency

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Do I need to make the transparency a mirror image of the print I want, as I would have to with collagraph, drypoint or linocut?

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No. Solar plates produce prints that are the same as the image side of the transparency – not mirror images. This is because the image side of the transparency goes face down on the photopolymer, producing a mirror image on the solar plate. Printing this then reverses the mirror image.