Digital Patesetters--Shopping the Output Odyssey

"Users seek reliability, ease of use and cost-effective designs. They want semiautomatic loading systems, from entry-level platesetters designed for four-up sheetfed applications to more sophisticated eight-up formats," reports Stan Najmr, product line manager at Scitex America.

The Lotem 800V is a thermal platesetting device with a multi-beam, continuously variable resolution, thermal imaging head that can accommodate plate sizes up to 44.5x35.4˝. Likewise, look for thermal platesetter product launches from Screen (USA) and continued thermal enhancements to the Gerber platesetter line from BARCO Graphics.