PCOM Cuts Chemistry with New CTP

The new processor, he says, is about a third the size of the old one. This has opened up more space in the shop, as has the elimination of plumbing, since :Azura plates need no water, only gumming.

The in-plant is using the :Azura plates on its three presses, a five-color Heidelberg Speedmaster 72, a four-color Ryobi 3400 and a one-color Ryobi 2800 with a T-head. The plates can run 100,000 impressions, Gray says, but his shop won’t likely run jobs longer than 40,000.