DRUPA 2000--Absorbing The Digital Impact

New on the platesetting scene were devices from Agfa, ECRM , Fujifilm, Heidelberg Prepress and Presstek. CreoScitex, too, displayed platesetting technologies—combining the Trendsetter with the Lotem for a more enhanced portfolio.

Agfa expanded its Galileo family of digital platesetters. The Galileo Talant, a streamlined, processor-free, eight-up thermal platesetter that images the new Agfa Mistral thermal plates, was launched. So was the Galileo Thermal S, offering image speeds 50 percent faster than the original Galileo systems; the Galileo VS, an eight-up platesetter; and the Galileo VXT, an eight-up, violet-laser platesetter. Galileo VS is also available in a four-up model.