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Under the skin, though, they're quite different.

JetPlate offers two models—the 4000 (two-up and small four-up) and the 7600 (four-up). Both use conventional coated metal plates and image the plate with a special imaging fluid, which bonds the emulsion to the plate. Then a regular Kodak developer removes the non-image area. The advantage of this method is that it uses a well-known and proven process. The disadvantage, of course, is that it needs a separate processor. JetPlate has a new model in the wings, the iSetter, which has a built-in plate processor, but as of early February it had not been released.