GRAPH EXPO WRAP-UP -- Digital Integration Takes the Stage

Two thermal platesetter introductions—Agfa Xcalibur 45 and Screen (USA) PlateRite Ultima VLF—were noteworthy for their use of the new Grating Light Valve (GLV) technology. basysPrint also uses a specialized imaging component, the Digital Micromirror Device (DMC), in its computer-to-conventional-plate systems, which now offer nearly double the imaging speed thanks to second-generation technology.