plates - offset

Sustainable consumables [plates - offset]

2009-12-13T09:41:00+01:00

Consumables developers have placed themselves at the forefront of sustainability. Thanks to them, printers can now go to the market armed with credible sustainable practices and products across the board

Welcome to Flint [plates - offset]

2009-12-07T10:31:00+01:00

The rapidly growing Flint Group is a one stop resource for a range of printing inks, printing plates, image transfer products and pigments

Consumables going green [plates - offset]

2009-11-21T14:59:00+01:00

The environment is top of the agenda for consumables developers, with rapid development setting print on its way to a credible sustainable future

Ziegler switches to conventional CTP plates [plates - offset]

2009-03-07T17:22:00+01:00

After a six-month intensive production trial period one of the world’s oldest printers, Ziegler Druck in Switzerland, has changed completely to use only conventional offset plates on its CTP unit

Kodak Magnus 800 Platesetter is hot [plates - offset]

2009-03-07T17:14:00+01:00

Kodak Australia has unveiled the fastest and most productive addition to its Kodak Magnus 800 Platesetter line; a device that can image up to 60, eight-page plates per hour, at the highest image quality available in the industry

Placing New Zealand business at the front of the line [plates - offset]

2009-02-25T12:18:00+01:00

The end of the last century witnessed a new force entering the New Zealand prepress supply industry. Conceived as a uniquely Kiwi answer to rapidly changing technologies in digital prepress, Frontline Technologies is now amongst the largest of the hi-tech vendors supporting businesses across all segments of the New Zealand printing industry

Agfa outlines growth strategy [plates - offset]

2008-06-01T14:00:00+01:00

Market expansion for digital plates and innovation in inkjet technology are two of the core strategic goals for Agfa in the coming years, as the company seeks to continue to remain one of the pre-eminent graphic arts solutions developers.

Punch launches new basysPrint CTcP for UV-sensitive plates [plates - offset]

2008-04-27T20:19:32+01:00

At its Pre-Drupa Event at the company headquarters in Lier (Belgium), Punch Graphix unveiled a new generation of platesetters for UV plate exposure: the basysPrint UV-Setter 400 and 800 series, in response says the company to the growing demand on the market for CTcP systems

No-process & chemistry-free plates – the future is Violet [plates - offset]

2008-01-23T05:01:32+01:00

Tribute continues his controversial outlook for plates with an argument for the chemistry-free violet plates that we will see at drupa.

Two new CTP at Fujifilm [plates - offset]

2007-05-25T14:00:00+01:00

Fujifilm is launching its two new B1 fully automatic Luxel V-8 violet platesetters on the stand.

Agfa Graphics Launches Affordable CtP System for B1 Format. [plates - offset]

2007-03-15T13:00:00+01:00

Mortsel, Belgium – 16 March 2007 – Agfa Graphics today launched :Acento LF, an affordable thermal CtP system for the many offset printers looking to convert to digital platemaking, especially in emerging markets.

New SprayLo roller reduces ink splashing in fast commercial web presses [plates - offset]

2007-03-14T13:00:00+01:00

Ink misting and splashing are an irritating problem of today’s high-speed rotary commercial web presses, where web speeds can be in the region of 15 m/sec. Given the increasing use of automated components for plate changing and the reduced access to printing units that this entails, the resulting cleaning work – never popular among operators – demands considerable time and expense in practice.

Agfa's Succes at Graphispag 2007 [plates - offset]

2007-03-07T13:00:00+01:00

Mortsel, Belgium – 8 March 2007 – Agfa Graphics announced today that it met its ambitious show targets at the Graphispag 2007 prepress and printing exhibition (Barcelona, Spain, 19-25 February). More than 50 CtP systems, the majority of which for use with :Azura chemistry-free plates, were sold at the show, but also five :Avalon VLF (Very Large Format) systems. From the company's rapidly expanding inkjet portfolio, :Anapurna wide-format UV curable inkjet printers also contributed to the success.

Currie premieres ECRM DPX2 polyester platesetter [plates - offset]

2007-03-04T06:00:00+01:00

Making crisp, press-ready plates has suddenly become a whole lot easier with the Australian premiere of DPX2, an upgraded version of the acclaimed DPX polyester platesetting system from ECRM Imaging Systems.

Finally, no processor! [plates - offset]

2005-09-05T07:00:00+01:00

Finally, after many years of near start-ups, the process or chemistry free CTP printing plate market is starting up.

Esko-Graphics exhibits new 4-up polyester CTP solution [plates - offset]

2005-05-25T07:00:00+01:00

ESKO-Graphics is demonstrating its range of small format CTP devices; DPX 4, computer to polyester plates and Scope workflow.

Currie & Co brings new Esko-Graphics 4-up polyester platesetter to Australia [plates - offset]

2005-01-01T06:00:00+01:00

Esko-Graphics is launching its new DPX 4 polyester platesetter in Australia, where it will be marketed exclusively by Currie & Co.