Pre-Press - Computer-to-plate

The KODAK TRENDSETTER NEWS Platesetter offers reliable, thermal plate making at an affordable price for newspaper printers. The new design includes a significantly smaller footprint, the latest hardware and software, and several automation options. Optimal workflow connectivity with KODAK NEWSMANAGER and PRINERGY EVO Workflow Systems. Thermal KODAK SQUARESPOT Imaging Technology is standard on every platesetter, providing the stability necessary for efficient platemaking and high-quality newspaper printing.

See how the KODAK PF-N Non Process Thermal Plate Technology works with no chemistry, no rinse wash, no fountain contamination, and no gum with the ability of going direct to press.

Award winning Williamson Printing uses prepress solutions such as the KODAK TRENDSETTER Quantum Platesetter, the KODAK APPROVAL Color Imaging System and printing plates from Kodak to produce industry leading image quality, differentiate themselves in the marketplace and grow their business.

While traveling the world to help launch the new KODAK TRILLIAN SP Thermal Plate, Kevin Cazabon shares the results of an interesting demo of the product which has our sales teams excited!

All major plate suppliers have made great strides in reducing the amount of chemistry and waste required to process offset lithographic printing plates. Tat said, a number of claims are being made, and there is a great deal of confusing information. This report is an attempt to bring some clarity to the issue.

A sudden workload increase came when cosmetics company Mary Kay Inc. shifted the printing and folding of product inserts from outside printing suppliers to the company's in-plant facility in Carrollton, Texas. "It hit us like a ton of bricks" recalls Keith Hopson. "We didn't know it was coming until we were flooded with work."

See how 800 tiny pieces of aluminum were transformed into a fish sculpture using the new KODAK TRILLIAN SP Thermal Plates. TRILLIAN SP Plates can also transform your printing business by offering a plate that uses less chemistry, prints long unbaked run lengths with great chemical resistance, and cuts operational costs in prepress by reducing chemistry, water, energy, and waste.

Kodak has changed print forever and at IPEX 2010, there is proof of it everywhere you look. See the Kodak booth including the KODAK PROSPER PRES, the K-Zone and other Kodak solutions.

Take a closer look with Jenny Cisney from Kodak at an interesting use of Kodak's Trillian SP Thermal Plates. Be a bigger fish, live in a better world.

Scandinavian group Prinfo Vargada talks about its investment in the KODAK NEXPRESS SE3000 Press and its long-standing relationship with Kodak's workflow and CTP solutions.