The Great (Digital) Plate Debate

All those just-introduced UV CTP platesetters are clear evidence that a technological explosion is happening in CTP, according to Robert Dainton, technical director at Citiplate, which manufactures an extensive line of high-performance UV-sensitive aluminum offset plates. These seem to be the right plate products at the right time: Breakthroughs in UV lasers, violet laser diodes and UV light-modulating technology are bringing a flood of new UV platesetters to market.