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

By Bob Atkinson

• Xanté uses a different approach to processless plates. The company’s electrophotographic PlateMaker 5 platesetter and Myriad 2 process-free polyester plates work together to produce up to 120 two-up press-ready plates per hour, ready to mount without any post-imaging steps required. (The device can also output on film or paper.) If you’re looking for metal plates, the Impressia CTP/GTO platesetter line and Aspen non-photosensitive processless metal plates will get the job done at up to 60 plates per hour. (www.xante.com)