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Hi Rich: I'm not sure how to answer your question, as no doubt you're asking for detail beyond my generic knowledge set. But in general - CIP4 has working groups that create a set of Interoperability Conformance Specifications (ICS) for certain task pairings. A better overview is found...

Dean: As you can see, Agfa's Apogee is built to work with open industry standards. :ApogeeX 4.0, received the first CIP4 JDF 1.3 Certification for the support of JDF layout files, created by certified imposition applications. Then in June of last year, :Apogee Prepress 5.0 received the “CIP4...

Roger: He might have heard of some other chem-free plates that require more water to run on press - almost like polyester plates. The plates Packin is using have an advanced electro-chemically grained and anodized aluminum substrate which is exposed once the emulsion is removed... or so I've...

tmason... re: <snip> I am not familiar with this plate but have heard it takes a lot of water to process. <snip> ummm - this is a chem-free plate, and requires no water in the processor/clean-out unit. Packin is no doubt working with his HDM technical representative. Regards,

Hi Sandeep: IN this case, instead of thinking engine architecture, you might want to consider your low volume, and the impact of chemistry-based systems. Given your low volume, you might not have the critical mass of plate throughput to efficiently utilize the developing system. Perhaps a...

Greg: Have you called your local Agfa representative for guidance? That should be your best resource.

StarGate: Okay - you've got us scratching our heads even more now... One plate could be compared to eco-friendly electric or hybrid small cars, and the other could be compared to heavy-duty pick-up trucks. What is the application... what benefits are you looking for?

Kevin: I actually agree, but as we both know, the issue is even more complex. Each plate may have a different exposure and focus setting - perhaps this has already been taken into account. Also - some plates have significant ablation debris, which can impact exposure consistency, let alone the...

Okay... I too enjoyed the movie, but I'm not a fan of the genre. One question I was left with... When Kirk passed the battle simulation exam at the Academy, had elder Spock helped young Kirk in finding a flaw, thanks to the time/space shift?

Hi Gordo: Nice (non?) answer. I suspect that you'd agree that a 1st order FM screen such as Stacatto 21 or CristalRaster, or Diamond, etc. would further the "photographic" effect FocusMag might be looking for, when it comes to simulating the inherent grain of the photographic original. Regards,

Interesting angle Gordo: I suspect you are also speaking of mimicking the silver grain of the photographic emulsion. If (in part) so, would you then suggest that 1st order FM even better matches the look of photographs, over that of 2nd order FM? And, no, there's not another AM/XM/FM debate...

Actually Alois: Agfa has a powerful tool within Apogee to compensate for web growth. Without altering the origin files, we apply compensation at the 1-bit-TIFF level - layer - by - layer to the output files. It's quite a powerful tool, but perhaps not an answer to this original thread intent...

J: It's important that respondants understand some of the new features of Apogee 6.0: Some of the new components in the :Apogee Suite 6.0 include: :Apogee Preflight - a deeply integrated processing component that tunes the PDF. This is not by means of using a standard preflight profile, but...

Gordo: Ah, the good ole daze... <snip> [Dan Gelbart,] in many of his presentations to customers would demonstrate a switchable polymer plate by exposing part of a strip of the plate with a cigarette lighter (standing in for the thermal laser exposure). He would then dip the plate into a glass...

Paul: re: <snip> This technology is the future and I am sure Kodak, Fuji & Agfa will soon follow this technology in the future. <snip> If so, I'd be interested in your thoughts about Derek@Kodak's comment yesterday... <snip> Concerning quality, be careful in comparing Xingraphics to Thermal...

Mea culpa. Thanks to John's (Heidelberg) clarification, rather than using the term "qualified", I should have said that "Of the Big 3, Azura is the only chem-free/processless plate recommended for use with the Anicolor System, at this time". This whole exercise shows how it is the desire of...

Kevin: Thanks for the clarification, and the confirmation that such a statement was made. Now I understand the context. and oh... <snip> Steve - I would like to clarify this "non-qualification" you speak about. <snip> I'm glad we both speak the same version of English! (smile) Regards,

Cliff. Sorry for the delayed response; I wanted to check-up on some background details before responding. First of all, Lithostar in general is not being discontinued. In fact, Lithostar Violet (LAP-V) remains mainstream, hence it is one of our best selling plates. So too is our "green"...

Santa: Once again, you're being too modest. Over 1,000 printers? You belong to a much larger family of Azura chem-free users. Azura is now being used by over 2,500 customers world-wide. (I'm looking for the certificate now.) ;-) AGFA.com Regards,

Hello Weiland (Schwarz). Thanks for joining us. For too long your Canadian colleague Tony Karg has been an unofficial voice from Fuji. Well, here's a case where your European English is more precise than my American style. There is indeed no document stating this, but my colleagues were...