Drupa--Direct Imaging Takes Center Stage

The DICOweb was the centerpiece of Print City, an entire hall featuring MAN Roland, Agfa and more than 60 vendors from every step in the print process.

Like the DICOweb, Komori used Creo's SQUAREspot thermal imaging to make its move into the DI world. It demonstrated a new eight-page 40˝ digital offset press, which it billed Project D. The 830-nm SQUAREspot imaging heads image four no-process thermal plates—supplied by Kodak Polychrome Graphics and Agfa-Gevaert—at 2,400 dpi in under four minutes. Komori's Color Management System and Hi-Performance System are linked with this platform, providing fast makereadies. Komori will field test the press later this year.