Want to reduce your pollution footprint while speeding up plate production? Chemistry-free or processless plates can do just that.

By Bob Atkinson

• Kodak’s entry into the processless plate market is its Thermal Direct plate (up to 200 lines/100,000 impressions), a thermally-imaged metal plate that develops on-press—no rinsing, cleaning or gumming required. It’s daylight-safe and works with most thermal 800-850nm CTP platesetters and handles press runs up to 100,000 impressions. (graphics/.kodak.com/uk/consumables/plates)