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	Platesetter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A platesetter is a machine which configures a lithographic plate.
		External drum platesetters work by having the plate affixed to the outside of a rotating drum.
		Plates are often hole punched by the platesetter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Platesetter (218 words)

	Introduction to Platesetters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The platesetter uses the raster data to activate its laser beam.
		This fast platesetter images 24.625" x 36" plates at speeds from 4 minutes 19 seconds at 2540 dpi to a maximum speed of 57 seconds at 1016 dpi with a repeatability factor of ±0.001" typical between two plates made by the same platesetter.
		To increase the quality of halftones imaged by a Panther platesetter, the Panther RIP may include ESCOR II, described in the Imagesetting Screening report, and ESCOR-FM, described in the Stochastic Screening report.
	www.prepress.pps.com /TechReports/platetr.html (2329 words)

	World Intellectual Property Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The first horizontal offset is in a direction in which the medium is received in the platesetter and is approximately ten thousandths of an inch (0.010 inch).
		The second horizontal offset is in a direction in which the medium exits from the platesetter, and also is approximately ten thousandths of an inch (0.010 inch).
		In platesetter 90, the media is exposed by a laser 12 as the medium 11 passes over a platen 6.
	www.wipo.int /ipdl/IPDL-CIMAGES/view/pct/getbykey5?KEY=03/86921.031023&ELEMENT_SET=DECL (4953 words)

	Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, Vol 24 No 12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Once a job is ready to be sent to the Platesetter, the user may specify a deadline for the job as well as a "don’t start before" time.
		Consisting of the scanner and a workstation console, it is being developed with substantial funding from R.R. Donnelley, as was the case with the Platesetter.
		The 3244 Platesetter features an external-drum design that exposes aluminum plates as large as 32"×44" (812mm×1,118mm) with a maximum imaging area on the plate of 31"×44".
	www.seyboldreports.com /SRPS/free/0ps24/P2412003.HTM (1930 words)

	Computer to Plate PrintWeek 4 Feb
		Because the ultimate goal of the industry is not to stop at computer-to-plate, but to progress to on- press imaging or direct-to-press, many technology analysts believe that thermal is the technology of the future (on-press imaging demands a non-light-sensitive technology), and that visible light plates will simply die out in a matter of years.
		However, visible light platesetters are fighting back: blue laser diode technology is about to hit the platesetter market, and is predicted to have a big impact.
		And in addition to the promise of cheaper and faster platesetters, blue diode technology also brings with it the promise of near-daylight working, again because of the wavelength of the laser beam.
	www.printcollege.co.uk /Dbase/docs/Prepress_finishing_and_Minerals/computer_to_plate_printweek_4_fe.htm (727 words)

	Publishing Systems Vol 29 No 3: Kodak Polychrome CTP among IFRA highlights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The thermal platesetter was developed by the former Swiss company, Versitec, that was acquired by Kodak Polychrome a year ago.
		The platesetter is designed to work either as a single unit or as multiple units linked to form a single plate input system feeding a common plate delivery system.
		The platesetters each are connected to a new plate processor (without pre- or post-baking), and can then be linked to a common plate bender and punching line.
	www.seyboldreports.com /SRPS/free/2903/CTP.html (1072 words)

	Prepress Technology
		The platesetter uses a multifaceted halogen imaging subsystem engineered by the company's Holotek division to produce more than 120 broadsheet plates per hour at 1,000 dpi.
		DiamondSetter 610SP-100 series platesetters are designed to image high-quality color and fl-and-white plates with registration and repeatability to within 0.0254 mm.
		This platesetter has a fixed resolution of 1,200 dpi with imaging speeds up to two plates per minute.
	www.newsandtech.com /issues/2000/01-00/pt/01-00_ctp.htm (912 words)

	Fricke-Parks Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In a modern direct-to-plate shop, the platesetter is not only a potential bottleneck, but also a single point of failure.
		In a publications environment, there is no margin for error when it comes to schedule, and a broken platesetter can bring operations to a halt.
		Adding a second platesetter is our way of saying we take our deadline commitments seriously.
	www.fricke-parks.com (184 words)

	Supplier Page
		Platesetter - 8 up for thermal aluminum plates up to 81.2 x 111.8 cm, 2400 dpi, 13 plates per hour, includes documentation.
		Platesetter model PlateJet4 - never used - 4 up CTP - frequency doubling YAG green laser - 532 nm, 2000 & 4000 dpi, with a 90 day parts warranty.
		Platesetter 8 up for violet metal plates, silver halide and polymer plates - up to 12 mil, 12 & 2400 dpi, 81 x 107 cm max.
	www.upexchange.com /upex/EquipList.asp?SupNo=69 (1519 words)

	Creo Demonstrates New Prepress Solutions for Newspapers at NEXPO 2002 - Creo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Trendsetter NEWS 200 platesetter is operating with a preloader for an increased on-line capacity to 600 broadsheet or 300 panorama plates.
		The preloader picks and loads printing plates, removes interleaf paper where required, and presents the plate to the load table of the platesetter.
		More newspapers around the world are installing the Creo platesetter to image thermal plates for newspaper publishing every day.
	www.creo.com /gc/about_creo/news/2002/020621a (827 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Mako 2 is a violet-laser platesetter, incorporating a unique imaging system based on the successful Mako imagesetting technology, which has been installed at over 10,000 commercial printers, publishers, service bureaus and tradeshops worldwide.
		The Mako 2 platesetter is a violet-laser CTP system, using a long-life 405nm diode.
		Its platesetters have been responsible for lowering price thresholds for entry into CTP technology.
	www.ecrm.com /about/pressreleases/pr_04-22-02.html (495 words)

	PRINT PRODUCTS
		A laserhead with 64 diodes that can be exchanged separately means the platesetter can output up to 20 plates per hour at 2400 dpi in the Speedmaster 102 format.
		Screen's high-speed platesetter, the PlateRite 8600, features a 64-channel recording head that images up to 20 plates (40.5 × 37 inches) per hour at 2400 dpi and can handle plate formats ranging from GTO-size to eight-up.
		All of the 24 × 24-inch platesetters are capable of resolutions up to 3556 dpi, and can output up to 28 (15.7 × 20.1-inch) plates per hour at 2540 dpi.
	americanprinter.com /mag/printing_print_products (5211 words)

	The Militant - 12/14/98 -- New Platesetter Will Reduce Labor, Facilitate Political Timeliness In Pathfinder Printshop
		Members and supporters of the communist movement from across the United States and Canada mobilized at the Pathfinder Building in New York City over the November 20-22 weekend, when the platesetter was delivered, to help build the environmentally controlled room where it is currently being installed.
		Since early October, supporters of the communist movement have contributed $215,000 to a capital fund to make possible the purchase of this machinery; $135,000 more is needed between now and the turn of the year to complete the payment.
		Overall, the fund is seeking to raise $550,000 - not only to finance the platesetter, but also to pay off $200,000 in outstanding loans on the printshop's web press and two sheetfed presses.
	www.themilitant.com /1998/6245/6245_13.html (1195 words)

	feature2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		However, film-based imagesetters and platesetters are not yet a dead industry.
		The Internal Drum A3 Portrait Platesetter can handle 28 plates per hour at a rate of 2,540 dpi and comes with an integral processing unit.
		The company offers three models of its PlateStream platesetter: the PlateStreamColor+ SC entry level two-up system, the PlateStreamColor+SCX for two-up portrait presses, and the wide-format PlateStreamColor+ 46 for two-up landscape presses and four-up work.
	www.quickprinting.com /pages/issues/2005/205/feature2.shtml (2068 words)

	Computer to Plate and Computer to Plate Printing Technology, CTP
		Platesetter, cassette and trolley, punches for Man Roland or Screen and Heidelberg, and documentation.
		Platesetter, punches for Man Roland and Heidelberg, one load cassette and trolley, documentation.
		Dual Green Laser Platesetter, autoloader, Burgess platestacker, Burgess plate turner, bridge to processor and FLP 1260 plate processor, trolley with one cassette, chiller; and documentation.
	computer-to-plate-printing-ctp.com (1636 words)

	CreoScitex Launches Packaging Prepress Solutions in Asia - Creo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Trendsetter VLF platesetter is the world's most widely used very large format-imaging device and with more than 500 installations worldwide, is rapidly becoming the standard in the graphic arts industry.
		The Trendsetter VLF platesetter allows printers to increase productivity by allowing operators to load plate cassettes while the system is operating.
		In addition to the Trendsetter VLF 4557F platesetter, Shenzhen Wanda company also purchased the latest version of the industry-leading CreoScitex Brisque™ 4.0 workflow, and an EverSmart™ Pro II scanner.
	www.creo.com /gc/about_creo/news/2001/011009.htm (606 words)

	Agfa.com - Grafikon (Commercial Application)
		CtP is not solely about the platesetter and the plates, but about the whole workflow, in which every component has to work perfectly with everything else.
		We chose this new platesetter because of its small footprint and for the thermal technology with the possibility of baking the plates. The baking process makes the :Thermostar plates resistant to very high runlengths and to agressive inks.
		The digital imposition proof is made of the same file as the one sent to the platesetters, though perfectly comparable to the blueprint in the classic workflow.
	www.agfa.com /en/gs/knowledge_training/customers_experience/grafikon.jsp (1744 words)

	Press Release
		During operation the Silver DigiPlate ™ is automatically loaded and positioned in the drum and held in place by a unique vacuum system throughout the exposure, ensuring perfect registration.
		This platesetter allows for up to three punch configurations on-line at the same time.
		Mitsubishi Imaging also provides the widest range of inkjet media to meet any high resolution imaging needs, and offers a full line of color photographic paper, along with variable contrast fl and white paper.
	www.mitsubishiimaging.com /pr/pr_10070401.html (806 words)

	CTP from A to Z
		The new Clarus PL processless plate was shown being imaged by the Trendsetter 800 Quantum platesetter in a technology demonstration.
		The platesetter's 63 × 83-inch drum enables it to image plates for KBA's Rapida 205 and other VLF presses.
		In addition to Presstek's Dimension Excel platesetters, this imaging technology is incorporated in Ryobi 304X-DI, 46 Karat Plus and KPG DirectPress 5634 DI presses.
	americanprinter.com /mag/printing_ctp_2 (2653 words)

	Agfa Graphic Systems - Agfa launches entry level version of Xcalibur platesetter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		LEADING prepress supplier Agfa Graphic Systems launched its new entry-level model of the Xcalibur 45 thermal platesetter at the recent Graph Expo in Chicago.
		Known as the Xcalibur 45E, the new 8-up thermal platesetter uses a removable cassette for quick and easy plate handling and outputs 15 full-format plates an hour at 2400dpi,in either manual or automatic operation.
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	www.ferret.com.au /articles/4d/0c011b4d.asp (435 words)

	FINAT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Creating a platesetter imaging conventional plates was not the real challenge: Esko-Graphics has already demonstrated that capability.
		The Espresso platesetter will be demonstrated in full operation on the Esko-Graphics stand at Drupa 2004 (Hall 4, Stand C40).
		To load a plate, the lid is opened and the UV plate is positioned on the loading table against three pins with electronic sensing.
	www.finat.com /apr0016.html (918 words)

	Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, Vol 23 No 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Platesetter uses aluminum plates in thicknesses ranging from.006” to.016” (0.15mm to 0.4mm).
		The Platesetter 3244 is equipped with an autoload mechanism that loads new plate media directly from shipping cartons placed in the machine’s supply bins.
		The Platesetter housing is fully enclosed, light-proof, vibration-isolated and dust-safe.
	www.seyboldreports.com /SRPS/free/0ps23/P2308014.HTM (1045 words)

	Esko-Graphics: Press release: Esko-Graphics introduces PlateDriver HS platesetter for violet polymer plates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		High speed platesetter utilizes 40mW FreeBeam laser to image both violet polymer and violet silver plates
		Esko-Graphics announces that its family of violet PlateDriver CTP systems is extended with a high speed PlateDriver HS platesetter capable of imaging violet polymer plates in addition to violet silver plates.
		Up to 46 4-up plates can be exposed per hour on the PlateDriver 4HS, while up to 42 plates 8-up plates can be exposed on the PlateDriver 8HS (at 1200 dpi.).
	www.esko-graphics.com /press_releases.asp?print=ja&id=139 (685 words)

	NCS Integrated Solutions - 8up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The PlateRite 8100 is an affordable, entry-level platesetter, which will provide printers with the most cost-effective way of ncorporating the latest high-quality thermal CtP technology into their business.
		The PlateRite 8800 thermal platesetter is the flagship of Screens B1 range of CTP devices.
		This new platesetter uses the innovative GLVTM (Grating Light ValveTM) next generation imaging technology first introduced by Screen in its multi-format PlateRite Ultima launched at Ipex last year.
	www.ncs-plc.co.uk /8up.html (508 words)

	Leading Italian Trade Shop Purchases 600th Trendsetter VLF Platesetter by Creo - Creo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Trendsetter® VLF Quantum platesetter images plates for magazine, book, catalog and directory printers and trade shops, as well as converters and packaging trade shops with very large format web and sheetfed presses.
		Reproscan installed two Creo Trendsetter VLF Quantum platesetters to enhance plate imaging for the production of many high quality magazines.
		In addition to the pair of new Trendsetter VLF Quantum platesetters, Reproscan uses several other Creo systems including a Renaissance copydot scanning system; four Iris2PRINT™ proofers; Dolev® 800 and Dolev® 4 PRESS V imagesetters; and five Brisque workflow stations.
	www.creo.com /us/about_creo/news/2002/020218.htm (799 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Top advice: 'Do not buy your digital workflow at the same time as the platesetter - the transition to CTP should be problem free as long as you have previous filmsetting experience.' Alan Broomhead, partner (pictured right).
		During the time when Laserscan was looking into what system to buy, several suppliers offered them deals for a combination of platesetter and plates, and some did the same for the processor and plates, but Laserscan decided not to go down that route.
		Alan Broomhead explained why the automatic punching is so important, 'To give you an example; we have one competitor, a printer, who has an older platesetter which punches offline.
	www.graphicrepro.co.za /asp/results.asp?art=3559 (1533 words)

	NCS Integrated Solutions - Large Format (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The PlateRite Ultima 16000 is a multi format platesetter able to handle plates from 4-page up to the largest,16-page formats.
		Incorporating the power of GLV™ technology this device is very productive, imaging 23 plates an hour at high speed and quality, and is ideal for printers with multi-format 4, 8, and 16-page presses.
		The PlateRite Ultima 32000 is a multi format platesetter with a high level of flexibility and productivity.
	www.ncs-plc.co.uk /largeformat.html (362 words)

	basysPrint releases fully automatic CTCP platesetter
		The unit’s flatbed exposure table uses a vacuum to hold plates in place during exposure.
		The platesetter features a flatbed exposure table that uses a vacuum to hold plates.
		The platesetter has a compact design so it requires little space in the production room.
	www.newsandtech.com /issues/2004/01-04/pt/01-04_basys.htm (254 words)

	creativepro.com - Under-$200,000, Combined Eight-Page, Digital Contract Proofer and Platesetter Now Available from ECRM ...
		Based on the DesertCat 8 thermal platesetter, but with enhanced optics to enable exposure of thermal proofing materials, the DesertCat 88 is designed for low cost of ownership and total image integrity between proof and press.
		Priced at $199,500, the DesertCat 88 produces imposed, eight-page and four-page, contract proofs that replicate the actual dot shapes, structures, and color densities that will appear on the final printed piece.
		The DesertCat 88 uses the same market-proven technology as the DesertCat 8 thermal platesetter, which was introduced earlier this year.
	www.creativepro.com /story/news/9703.html (472 words)

	creativepro.com - Agfa Moves 150 Palladios in Record Time
		A mere six months after the first unit was shipped, Agfa has delivered more than 150 of its popular new platesetter, the Palladio, Agfa's newest member in its family of violet-laser computer-to-plate (CtP) solutions is a fully automated, 4-up flatbed platesetter designed for small- to medium-sized printers.
		The platesetter, targeted at the small to mid-size printer, has helped more than 150 printers move to CtP with a fully automated and reliable machine.
		Agfa solutions go beyond the platesetter to include advanced workflow (Apogee), high-quality screening (Agfa Balanced), digital proofing (Sherpa), responsive service and support (Agfa Professional Support), and all the other elements today's customers need to succeed with CtP.
	www.creativepro.com /printerfriendly/story/17174.html (530 words)

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