IPEX 2002 -- Accent on the Positive

Digital exposure of conventional plates also saw its share of product introductions. Established player basysPrint launched a faster version of its imaging technology across its platesetter line. Also weighing in on the hardware side was Citiplate, with the announcement of an agreement with Escher-Grad to co-market a version of the latter's Cobalt eight-up, internal-drum platesetter capable of imaging high-speed, UV-sensitive plates such as the Citiplate Aqua LHP. By invitation only, Esko-Graphics demonstrated an "engineering prototype" of its Dicon UV platesetter for exposing conventional plates.