The Next Wave - Digital Directions

Rick Mazur, director of worldwide CTP marketing, Kodak Polychrome Graphics, on thermal plate technology in 1999.

"With increasing customer demand for thermal platesetters in 1998, we forecast that thermal platemaking for computer-to-plate solutions will make up more than 65 percent of the market in 1999. With the Thermal Plate 830, Kodak Polychrome Graphics has established thermal technology as the viable way to reliably image digital plates and to see improved benefits on-press.