drupa 2012 at a Glance

Kodak’s Sonora XP process-free plates use non-ablative thermal exposure technology that offers enhancements in both imaging speed and latent image contrast compared to the company’s Thermal Direct plates. The negative-working plate provides a resolution of 1-99 percent at 200 lpi and is rated for 100,000 impressions on sheetfed presses and 200,000 impressions on web presses.