PRINT 05 PREPRESS WORKFLOW & CTP -- Streamlining the Prepress Process

Agfa announced that its Azura chemistry-free thermal plate system is already in use at more than 300 printing and prepress sites around the world. Along with the manufacturer's own platesetters, the list of devices imaging the plate is said to include the Screen PlateRite, Creo Trendsetter and Lotem, and Heidelberg Topsetter and Suprasetter. There can be some productivity hit compared to conventional digital plates, and a "clean out" step is required after exposure.