Computer-to-Plate — Digital Plate Developments

Michael Davis, CTP Marketing Manager at Agfa Graphics North America

The next steps for the thermal chemistry-free plates are to see improved throughput capability, as well as longer run length thresholds.

With violet technology, Agfa Graphics will be showing a processless violet light plate at Graph Expo, which we demonstrated live at Nexpo earlier this year. We will then make the new plate available towards the middle of 2008, around the Drupa show. This plate’s initial target market will be the newspaper market with short- and medium-run lengths. Later, it will be launched into the commercial printing market.