Computer-to-Plate — Digital Plate Developments

Mike Rundle, worldwide program manager at Eastman Kodak Co.

Violet is a newcomer to the no process/simple process plate market. However, with respect to the elimination of processing, there are inherent limitations in what it is possible to accomplish with violet technology.

For example, because of the extreme sensitivity of violet plates to most wavelengths of visible light, one cannot make a develop-on-press violet plate…unless one is willing to install a press in a safelight environment. This limits the technology choices available to the designer of a no-process violet plate.