The Direct Approach

"In 10 sheets the machine's up to color," he says.

Other new DI developments are afoot, as well. At Graph Expo, CreoScitex demonstrated plateless printing by spraying a laser-imageable polymer onto a plate sleeve. Its SP plateless digital offset printing system uses a liquid media from Agfa. The process is targeted at short-run printing, though Palmer says CreoScitex hopes run lengths reach 50,000 before the product goes commercial.