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

That's because the plate vendors, especially those that make thermal plates, realize that baking is not the ideal way to condition a plate. Concerns about the downside may keep printers from using plates that require baking; it all boils down to the common-sense idea that the less you have to do to the plate the better. Plate vendors understand this and will continue to experiment with technology that eliminates or reduces the need to apply heat to a plate anywhere except inside the platesetter itself.