Graph Expo Part I--The Future On Display

Plateless Printing

CreoScitex went beyond just DI press collaboration at Graph Expo, though. It gave its first public demonstration ever of plateless printing by spraying a laser imageable polymer onto a plate sleeve, then imaging and printing. Still a few years away from availability, its SP plateless digital offset printing system uses a liquid media developed by Agfa. Though it could be sprayed directly onto a drum, most operators will use a replaceable sleeve. The process is targeted at short-run printing (less than 15,000 sheets).