Thermal CTP's Next 100 Days

The Round Table
Creo—with nearly 200 thermal imaging device installations worldwide—remains the current leader among thermal equipment suppliers. Creo's connection to Heidelberg, too, only increases the Vancouver, Canada-based thermal technology innovator's Trendsetter marketing power.

Here's Creo view on processless thermal CTP—its potential and the thermal plate. "Many people refer to processless plates as the real benefit of thermal; this is not the case," asserts Creo President Dan Gelbert. "Even after processless plates will be commonplace, perhaps by 1999, there will be a need for processed thermal plates."