Pros and Cons of Pre-, Post- and No-bake Plates

There are plates that require no baking whatsoever and there are thermal plates that don't require pre-baking. The PDI bi-metal plates for thermal platesetters also do not require baking. The Prisma 830 Thermal Plate is a bake-free plate with run lengths into the millions.

Baking Counterpoint
With all this talk about baking and when and how you should do it, you might come to the conclusion that you shouldn't consider any plate that requires baking to get the most out of it. According to Leigh Kimmelman, product manager, output products, for CreoScitex, that's not necessarily the best decision to make.