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Alois. Back in days of yore, when you were applying grease pencil to stone, or even today with "traditional" digital plates, yes you'd need to monitor your exposure settings. (some more often than others) With Azura, the nature of the technology itself - literally melting the plastic into the...

dgraves Thanks Lucas. There are plenty of comments from additional users such as "Santa" and "Beermonster". Here's a recent post of mine where I write about the new Azura TS: --------------------------------------------------------------------- I received an interesting observation yesterday...

Syed: Azura (and Azura TS) is not an ablative technology. The desired imaged is fused into the plate grain by the action of the laser melting microscopic oleophillic latex beads which are suspended in the plate emulsion by a water soluable binder. The clean-out unit, with its single solution...

Syed: I'm not tech support - but considering your location, I'll give some basic guidance. Conventional plate processors are not qualified nor supported to provide optimal clean-out of Azura. The C85 unit you mentioned is designed specifically to do the job, and for its ease-of-use. WRT...

Syed: Agfa's Azura TS is jointly qualified by Heidelberg and Agfa to perform to specifications on your device. It is also the only chem-free / processless plate technology qualified to work with HDM's Anicolor inking system. Check with your local Agfa agent for more information. Regards,

Saint: Agfa's Azura and Azura TS are rated to 100,000 impressions - depending on press conditions. I received an interesting observation yesterday from one of our resellers about a recent Azura TS install... <snip> "I had the opportunity to install the Azura TS at one of my customers here in...

Techie: Search the archives for posts by BeerMonster - He's a convert to Azura - I believe he's nearby you (or, Leeds, etc...). Search by username. Regards,

Hold on guys... There may be some technical issues preventing an easy switch. It's best to first work with the incumbent vendor (HDM) to under- stand the options available. Is the laser a 5mW, 30mW or 60mW? If 5mW - it is only capable of exposing silver-based plates. There may be some laser...

al: <snip> I only have experience with Thermal Direct and in my opinion, its weak points can be a short time to light exposure that can damage the plate if it is at daylight for more than an hour, handling sensitive and low contrast. What about Brilia HD Pro-T? <snip> In these regards, the...

Hello RGPW... As you have noted, Azura plates do clean-out with simple water. But yes, since you have exposed the grained and anodized aluminum surface, like traditional plates, the plate is subject to oxidation if left around the plant "un-gummed" for too long. What's in Azura clean-out...

Kevin: I appreciate our mutual goal to provide practicality in pre-press and the pressroom. However, touting a 2.5 micron spot is certainly not practical. (Actually - we're talking the depth, not width.) Most moving optics (save the older basys grid system) fill a pixel with a spot smaller...

Kevin: re: <snip> 10,000 dpi imaging <snip> Isn't that really the size of the slit, which is then dragged to fill the pixel? Do you really have FM screens which call for 1/4th of the pixel to be filled? Wouldn't that be 2.5 micron FM? Regardless of engine/plate capabilities, if the...

Hi Jim: Mark brings up an interesting point - Agfa's DigiControl strip is proprietary, copyrighted, and is customized to Agfa plates. Regards,

anouar: That's an interesting poll - but the more significant question is "what are your needs?" One size still does not fit all. Perhaps you should start with your plate requirements - run length, what line screen, UV inks, etc. What's interesting with Heidelberg, Kodak and Agfa - as that...

Hi Gordon - I hope that neither you nor others interpreted my casual (and intended light-hearted) observation as questioning the integrity of Mac, the veracity of Mac's comments, nor the business decisions behind his choices. I believe everything Mac has said - no reason to doubt any of his...

Panther... As a bit of historical trivia - isn't your shop about a half mile away from where George Eastman started a dry-plate company in Rochester, NY?

zBret: This debate has brought us back to the basic philosophical difference between the approach of on-press clean-out plates such as Kodak & Fuji, and off-press clean-out plates such as Agfa Azura: Do you want to use your press as a clean-out device, or use a simple dedicated clean-unit...

John: Have you noticed any difference between the Azura you've been running for 3.5 years, and the Azura TS you've been using for the past six months? Regards,

Awaltd: <your snip>... Kodak Thermal Direct plates require no special handling ...<snip> So, you no longer need to handle the plates in yellow light, nor protect from ambient light prior to clean-out? Do you now have a recommended procedure for dot reading? (Aside from using windex to clean...

Hi Internal... This too is old news. The blog was previously debated in the thread.... http://printplanet.com/forums/computer-plate/16238-azura-plate-chemistry-free Regards.