The Environmental Impact of a Printing Plate
As in-plants try to decrease the environmental impact of their shops, they often look at their platemaking operations. This report examines some of their options, including chemistry-free and processless plates.
Chemistry-free
Chemistry-free solutions require post-imaging processing or finishing before mounting on press. The most common of these require a finishing solution or gum to fix the plate image prior to being used on press. Here, we look at the Agfa :Azura thermal plate and the violet Fujifilm Brillia HD PRO-V (also known as EcoMaxx-V in some regions) both of which use a finishing solution rather than a traditional chemical developer. Both use less chemistry for this process than either the reduced chemistry or conventional options, but more than processless plates.
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