DIGITAL PLATES & PLATESETTERS -- Two Steps Forward

For another manufacturer, the DiamondPlate LV-1 photopolymer violet-light plate will be available for continued beta testing through 2002, reports Kathy May, marketing manager for Western Lithotech, a Lastra Group company, in St. Louis. "Commercialization is expected in the first quarter of 2003."

The platesetter manufacturers promise they'll be ready to meet those dates.