Historical information

These 12 photographs were most likely taken in the 1990s in Lithographic Squadron at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. In photos .1P and .2P the Printing Technician is placing a map negative or positive on top of the printing plate in a vacuum frame before light exposure. Photos .3P to .9P and .12P feature the new Howson Algraphy Autoneg printing plate processor. It improved quality control and efficiency and allowed the conversion of printing plates for positive or negative use. Processed printing plates were checked as shown in photos .10P and .11P before their installation on the printing press.

Physical description

This is a set of 12 photographs of lithographic technicians operating a new printing plate processor at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo c1990s. Photos .1P to .11P are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 96 dpi. Photo .12P is printed on photographic paper and scanned at 300 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) to .2) - Photo, colour, c1990s, unidentified technician preparing printing plate in a vacuum frame.
.3) to .7) - Photo, colour, c1990s, unidentified technicians operating new printing plate processor.
.8) - Photo, colour, c1990s, L to R: CPL Mark Doherty, unidentified technician, LCPL John Bateman operating new printing plate processor.
.9) - Photo, colour, c1990s, LCPL John Bateman operating new printing plate processor.
.10) to .11) - Photo, colour, c1990s, LCPL John Bateman checking printing plate after processing.
.12) - Photo, colour, c1990s, SSGT Russ Mollenhauer operating new printing plate processor.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .12P – there is no annotations.