I have been doing some experimenting with photopolymer printing over the last few weeks, with a fair bit of frustration along the way. This image shows the final success. On the left is the years old, many times copied and digitally moved/saved photo, printed in reverse on transparency film. Top is the photopolymer plate after processing, and right is the print I hand pulled (intaglio) on Strathmore Printmaking paper using Akua inks. Finally happy with the results so far.
Third Dimension Jewellery with HandEye Originals 
Well done ……………My goodness you don’t need to tell me about the frustration of trying to get a successful outcome with this process………These are those ‘solar plates’ that you are using. Thats how e refer to them here in the UK…….At first I thought you were talking about the roll on photopolymer emulsion. And that’s much better to use than the stuff you have to laminate onto the plate in a photosensitive room!. oh by the way if you are working on a fairly small size, how about a UV unit aimed at the ‘nail art’ hobbyist – although those are pretty small…..just an idea. best wishes. Aine
Thanks Aine. Sorry for the late reply; your message had gone into the Spam list. Solarplates are typically metal with p/p emulsion on the surface. What I’m using is the same process, except the emulsion is on a layer of plastic or acrylic. I looked at the roll-on type of film but that looked like a lot of work and could have a lot of problems. In addition I wanted something thicker I could use for both intaglio and relief printing. I did look at those UV units used in nail salons, but too small, as you say.