CTP--What's New In Blue?

The Cobalt 8, a 32x40˝ design based on the same chassis as the existing EG-8200 film imagesetter, is promising to be both fast (3.3 minutes per plate at 2,540 dpi) and cheap ($79,990—plus postage and handling). However, it will not initially support a punch, and plate loading is purely a manual operation. The Cobalt 8 will expose visible-light plates from either Agfa or Fuji. The device can be configured to run at any two resolutions from 800 dpi to 3,000 dpi.