CTP--The Digital DRUPA

R&D had delivered a plate that delivered superb image quality; Kodak's management decision to work with Creo to develop a thermal platesetter resulted in a viable production system for thermal CTP. Since the plate became commercially available in January 1996, demand has grown exponentially.

"During 1999, we have scaled up production of the Thermal Printing Plate/830 globally," notes Bruce Davidson, Kodak Polychrome Graphics' worldwide marketing manager for plates. "We are now manufacturing in Japan, Germany and the United States."