Polyester Plates: The Short-run Solution
While starting up a small book publishing business, this in-plant manager discovered polyester plates. His experiences using them can help others exploring this option.
Seemed like the right way to go.
It wasn’t without its roadblocks, however.
The first problem was size. They don’t make commercial laser printers big enough to produce a 15x18? polyester plate. To the best of my knowledge, the biggest high-quality laser printer out there is still 11x17?, capable of a maximum width of around 121/2?. Certainly 11x17? laser printers are more prevalent. I researched the situation and even called Hurst Chemical, makers of SmartPlate. They told me they’d been in discussions with Hewlett-Packard about producing a larger-format, superior-quality laser printer. It just wasn’t cost effective.
- Companies:
- XANTÉ Corp.
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