DRUPA 2000--Absorbing The Digital Impact

As for output, it seems the industry is ready to admit that imagesetters are still critically significant—and will be for some time—and that the tried-and-true film carriers can coexist with the multi-flavored platesetters targeting small, medium and large commercial printers.

Fujifilm announced the internal-drum Luxel F-6000 imagesetter and the Luxel F-9000, a B1 format, internal-drum imagesetter. Heidelberg Prepress launched Primesetter 74 and Primesetter 102 devices. The four-up Primesetter 74 is designed to supply print originals to the Heidelberg Speedmaster 74 and other medium-format presses.