DIGITAL PLATES -- Shortcutting the Process

Weitoff prefers to talk in terms of the "goal" for product development. That is, to have a thermally imaged product that can be put through a standard thermal platesetter capable of using the "wet processing" thermal plates that the company sells today, he explains. "The goal is to have a product that is compatible with the broad base of installed platesetters and to use a standard fountain solution on-press."