Xeikon to Roll Out Customer-Driven Digital Printing, CTP Innovations at drupa 2012

The unique flatbed design enables digital imaging of a wide variety of plate sizes - from formats as small as 200mm x 200mm (7.8 x 7.8˝) up to a maximum of 680mm x 830mm (26 x 32˝) with the 460x, and 940mm x 1150mm (27 x 45˝) with the 860x. The unique dual plate loading option also offers the flexibility of loading and imaging two plates at the same time. This allows the systems to image up to 120 plates per hour (with a plate size of 470 x 650 mm) improving productivity significantly.

Also being shown is the new family of VLF Computer-to-Plate (CtP) UV platesetters for the digital exposure of UV-sensitive offset printing plates, Comprising three models, Manual (M), Semi-Automatic (SA) and Automatic (MCA), the new VLF Series is capable of exposing plates of up to 1485mm x 2100mm in size. Each model is equipped with the new flEXpo (Flexible Exposure) option, a unique method of exposing plates in a much more efficient way. Incorporating state-of-the-art optical modules, the new VLF family also delivers unsurpassed exposure quality with resolutions of up to 2400dpi.