DIGITAL PLATESETTERS -- The Write One

For more information on plate-setters shown at PRINT 01, see the special post-show product section starting on page 24.

Seeing The Light, Or Feeling The Heat?

Platesetter manufacturers tend to have strong opinions about the merits of violet and thermal imaging technologies. Here's a sampling:

Raymond Cassino, director of marketing, Heidelberg USA:
One product can't fit all the needs of such a broad market as CTP, so Heidelberg offers multiple imaging technologies—the Topsetter thermal and the new Prosetter violet platesetter families. Each solution has its own benefits. For example: