John O'Rourke, Digital Product Sales Manager at Presstek, said that the company is developing new products for Anthem, and people in the industry will learn more about it in October this year, the Graph Expo & Converting Expo in Chicago. More about the situation. Earlier this year, the currently sold Anthem plate was successfully tested on Creo's Trendsetter Quantum thermal platesetter. Previously, Anthem plates can only be used on the Presstek company's own line of Dimension plates.
Creo (Burnaby, Canada) continues to express its commitment to the development of thermal imaging technology. Image quality is one of the advantages that Creo Company takes great pride in, and it uses its SQUAREspot (Square Dot) thermal imaging head to further improve. According to Creo, SQUAREspot technology is suitable for FM FM screening processing, with minimal network points. The company announced support for 10-micron outlets with its Staccato FM screening software. The advantages of SQUAREspot technology include improved color stability, reduced use of spot colors, disappearance of half-tone color patterns and screen moiré patterns.
Other media manufacturers agree that non-coagulative technology has a greater advantage in the processing of flush-free plates. Agfa had previously managed to sell a batch of Mistral cauterized plates before deciding not to continue developing cautery technology. Ms. Susan Wittner said: “We have been developing a variety of flush-free plates and found that the non-chamfered wash-free technology is the best solution on the market. It was held at the IPEX International Printing Exhibition in April this year in Birmingham, UK. ) We announced plans to develop a rinse-free plate. This new plate uses Thermolite on-line imaging technology."
Similarly, Fujifilm also officially announced the release of the Brillia LD-NS flush-free plate; this plate is used for online imaging operations. Brillia LD-NS is currently undergoing beta testing. Mr. Crawford believes that rinse-free plate technology should continue to develop.
New Developments in Research and Development Kodak Boliguang, headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, exhibited a variety of flush-free technologies at the IPEX International Printing Exhibition. The company also plans to exhibit the same flush-free technology at the Graph Expo printing exhibition. Mr. Bruce Davidson, manager of the company’s plate business in the United States and Canada, said: “We continue to develop rinse-free plates, but we are very conservative in bringing this technology to market.â€
We hope to develop a cauterizing plate so that it is not necessary to specifically remove the remaining sludge on the platesetter. Non-sparking media will be used in on-line and off-line imaging operations, so we hope that the media will not be imaged onboard without any problems. I believe that beta testing can begin this fall and be introduced to the market in 2003. In addition, Kodak Poly Lighting Co., Ltd. has recently reached an agreement with ECRM Imaging Technology Co., Ltd. to start planning the sales of thermal platesetters. The major sales areas of Kodak Poly Lighting are the United States and Canada; the products sold are ECRM's DesertCat 4-page and 8-page CTP thermal imaging systems.
Print technology development company, headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, has introduced a unique new type of thermal plate Bimetal. Bimetal plates are made of stainless steel-based copper and are suitable for use under harsh printing conditions, especially for iron-plating applications. This non-burning plate is said to be currently receiving professional technical certifications for other Cres platesetters.
BasysPrint (Fairburn, Georgia) focuses on another type of processless plate technology. According to the company, its computer-to-conventional (PC)-to-conventional (CTO) devices are capable of performing exposure imaging of DirectPrint high-speed UV-imaging common plates produced by Kodak PolyLight. According to Mr. Davidson of Kodak Horie, DirectPrint media has been sold in limited quantities in the United States and can be used for any printing job. The amount of printing depends on the amount of exposure energy applied to the plate.
BasysPrint's latest upgrade technology may help solve the above problems. The new-generation imaging technology called "F" uses a relatively high-powered UV lamp (850 watts). "F" stands for "fast," because it is said that the imaging speed is almost doubled after using a powerful UV lamp. The imaging apparatus used in the new generation of imaging systems has increased the number of mirrors (nearly 1.3 million) on the digital micromirror device and reflected the light on the surface of the plate.
There are a large number of platemakers that digitally expose traditional plates. Plate maker Citiplate Inc. (NY) announced that it has reached an agreement with Descher Grad Technologies to sell the Cobalt 8 version of the internal drum plate maker from Escher Grad Technologies, Inc., which can be used on high-speed Citiplate Aqua LHP UV-sensitized plates. Material imaging. According to reports, Citiplate is currently working hard to carry out the same business cooperation with other printing equipment manufacturers. Escher Grad, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, also announced the launch of a 30-millimeter violet laser platesetter.
Another supplier with growth potential is Esko-Graphics. The company was invited to exhibit its own design of the Dicon platform plate-making system at the IPEX International Printing Exhibition. This system uses an imaging head to perform exposure imaging processing of ordinary UV photosensitive media. The official production date has not yet been announced.
Inkjet imaging of media is an innovative technology that has been discussed in the industry for many years and is only an argument. Pisces, based in New Hampshire, is changing this situation, at least for small-scale commercial printing. Pisces developed the JetPlate system based on the Epson 3000 print engine. This system can image normal UV-sensitized aluminum plates (up to 18 x 25 inches) and requires a plate processor.