Letterpress Photopolymer Printing Plates — Lyme Bay Press
At Lyme Bay Press, we provide premium letterpress photopolymer plates to printers across the UK and beyond. Whether you’re working with KF95 or KF152 thicknesses, we offer both unexposed blanks and ready-to-print polymer plates, plus all the consumables and technical support you need for flawless letterpress printing.
Why Choose Our Photopolymer Plates for Letterpress?
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Exceptional print quality: Our Toyobo photopolymer plates produce crisp detail and consistent impressions, ideal for fine typography, logos, and artwork.
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Easy make-ready & set-up: Supplied with a peel-and-stick backing, these plates mount directly onto bases (like our Chase Base) with minimal fuss.
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Flexible options: Available in both KF152 (deep-relief) and KF95 (shallow-relief) to match your press, substrate, and design needs.
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Full support & resources: We provide artwork guidelines, data sheets, and one-on-one technical assistance to help you get perfect results.
Our Plate Options & Specifications
We stock the full range of Toyobo letterpress photopolymer plates, with options to suit every studio setup:
| Plate Type | Relief Depth | Backing | Use Case | Compatible With |
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| KF152 | Deep relief | Foil/plastic | Heavy impressions, thick stocks, embossing | Standard & base systems |
| KF95 | Shallow relief | Foil/plastic | Fine detail, thinner stocks | High-precision setups |
| KM95 / KM152 | Magnetic | — | Use with magnetic base systems | Specialty presses |
Each plate is manufactured to exacting tolerances and is fully compatible with our Chase Base system for type-high accuracy.
How It Works: From Artwork to Print
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Submit your artwork — We’ll send you a comprehensive spec sheet so your files arrive press-ready.
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Plate making — We expose your design onto the photopolymer plate using our calibrated process.
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Mount to base — Peel the backing, stick the plate to your mounting base or Chase Base, register with guides, and lock into your press.
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Press & inspect — Pull test prints, fine-tune alignment, and produce clean, crisp impressions run after run.
We also offer artwork support and guidance on choosing between plate thicknesses, relief depths, or how to optimise for your substrates.
Supplies, Accessories & Consumables
To support your letterpress workflow, we stock:
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Sticky mounting tape & adhesive bases
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Base systems (e.g., Chase Base)
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Inks — Van Son rubber-based inks, No.1 printers’ ink, and specialty letterpress inks
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Printing consumables and tools — gauge pins, rollers, cleaning supplies
Everything is curated to deliver reliable performance in a letterpress studio environment.
Ordering & Delivery in the UK
We aim to make your ordering experience seamless:
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Order online — Choose unexposed or ready-to-run photopolymer plates via our Plate Price Calculator or store.
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Global orders welcome — We service international clients, though our focus is UK-based printers.
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Technical support — Need help preparing artwork or mounting your plate? Just drop us a line at info@lymebaypress.com
Here you will find more specific information on the Letterpress Polymer Plates which we use for all of our printing and plate making. If you are looking for something more specific in relation to our Photopolymer printing plates from Toyobo please ask away, drop us a line at info@lymebaypress.com
KF Photopolymer Plate Data Sheet
The Plate Making Process for Letterpress Polymer Plates
Supplying Artwork for Letterpress Photopolymer Plates
Toyobo Printight Brochure
General Specifications Of The Toyobo Printight Photopolymer Plate Range