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Saint, Kodak Thermal Direct Non Process Plates are developed-on-press during the startup process. Once imaged via the CTP system, the plates are easily mounted on press. Once mounted, typically 4-6 revolutions of fountain solution followed by 2-4 revolutions of ink are applied to the plate...

BEL, Your description suggests that there is some type of debris in the form rollers which is gouging the plate and creating the defect. This would first appear as a single dot, and progress to a series of dots and eventually a solid line due to the difference in size of the form roller...

janezl For Thermal Direct Non Process Plates to be successful, the press requirements are simply to follow the startup procedures that are already defined by the press manufacture for that press. Of course you want to insure that all ink forms and water form rollers are checked for stripe and...

There's good discussion here - I hope this answers the various questions posed (but you can always contact me with more); First, regarding press sheet sizes that are smaller than Thermal Direct plates: during the start up of the press, the oscillation of the ink rollers migrate the ultrathin...

Internal_R&D_Analyst, A flowclear system or any filtration system benefits the overall printing process but has no direct impact on the Thermal Direct develop on press technology. The ultrathin coating does not mix or go into the fountain solution system. Develop-on-press contamination...

Hi zBret, “Chemistry Free” is actually just a marketing term from AGFA – not a technology. Products can be split between “simple process” (like Agfa Azura) and “non processor” solutions (Kodak Thermal Direct and Fuji Pro-T). Concerning the business benefits, the big difference between...