Graph Expo: Front-end Ingenuity
FROM WORKFLOW tools and variable data software to CTP and proofing technologies, Graph Expo had enough technology to make any in-plant manager’s head spin. Here are some of the latest products we saw at the show.
Computer-to-plate Systems
Agfa demonstrated its :ThermoFuse plate technology, including the chemistry-free
:Azura plate, which eliminates chemical processing. By significantly reducing liquid waste in the plate creating process, it supports a more environmentally friendly solution. Also shown was Agfa’s :Energy Elite, winner of a 2007
InterTech technology award. The newest addition to the Agfa range of thermal plates, :Energy Elite is a true no-bake plate offering run lengths of up to 500,000 impressions.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
Imported Aluminum Offset Plates Under Siege
Electrical Company In-plant Adds Digital Platemaker
Kodak Gives Platesetter Another Speed Upgrade
Agfa to Increase Price of Its Aluminum Offset Printing Plates
Agfa to Increase Price for Its Offset Printing Plates
Agfa Opens New Offset Technical Competence Center in Wilmington, Mass.
