CTP--The Digital DRUPA

The Other Players
The announcements planned for DRUPA 2000 may be the validation of blue-laser predictions, supported not only by Krause, but by CTP output and consumables manufacturers including Agfa, Citiplate and Fuji.

While Fuji officials are reluctant to go on record with great emphasis on the short-term anticipation for the blue laser market, Tim Combs, vice president of marketing at Fujifilm, reports that his company has been conducting ongoing research with blue laser diodes and UV laser exposure heads, and, in fact, already has plate technology that can be used on such devices.