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Heidelberg just announced that they are pulling out of all shows for 2021, including Drupa. https://www.printweek.com/news/article/bombshell-for-drupa-as-heidelberg-pulls-out

I asked this question back in 2007 and here is an update: Two years later I am now able to get thermal CTP plates from 2 of the big 3 manufacturers for not much more than what I paid for analog plates 4-5 years ago. It's a more mature product now. The recession that we are in has caused...

It does sound like a problem with the oven. It's too hot. Air may not be circulating properly or the temperature may be much hotter than what the guage says. Try turning the temperature down. I believe that there is a test strip that the technicians have that you can place on a plate as it...

Well we must be the exception I guess. We do own a densitometer and use it a minimum of 2 times per shift. In addition we do a visual check of the wedge on every plate. We very seldom need to make adjustments but this is a requirement of our ISO procedures. Even go so far as signing off and...

Question for awaltd: First, thanks for the explanation on how the coating is removed. My question is how does the pressman know which plate he's putting on the press. Is the image obvious enough that you can tell which signature and what color it is before it goes on press? How do you QC the...

I know that they are new... but does anybody have any experience or comments on Kodak's thermal Electra XD plate?

Re: Finding a printer that caters for Stochastic/FM screening Gordon wrote... "The higher initial dot gain with stochastic/FM screening, as with any high frequency screening, is normalized by the use of compensation tone curves, typically applied to the plate. With some vendor's implementations...

Re: Finding a printer that caters for Stochastic/FM screening Although true Stochastic is not limited to only one prepress vendor, there is no doubt that Kodak (formerly Creo) emphasizes and pushes their flavor (Stacatto) as the ultimate screening solution. As Gordo said "...It is sometimes as...

Re: :Apogee Prepress?? Agfa has committed to at least one major version "x".0 release per year. So expect Apogee Prepress (version 5.0) to be shipping by the fall. This is the latest way to improve the revenue stream.

Re: problems with Agfa P970 plates Holes or spots is a well known problem with the P970. Agfa tried many different things, but could never solve the problem for us. That is one reason the P970 is being replaced with the new Energy plate.

Re: Agfa Avalon Used to run the Agfa P970 plate. Had lots of problems, but it is being replaced by the new Energy plate. Have not tried that one. Right now we are running with the Amigo plate. A few problems with holes in screens and if you have to handle the plates, the emulsion is very...

Re: ApogeeX and Preps "The best upgrade to Preps is Impostrip from Ultimate Technographics. Impostrip will accept Preps templates and automate your imposition through hot-folders and dynamic templates. Ultimate also offers a free upgrade service plan. The Ultimate Preps productivity bundle will...

Re: Agfa Avalon We've had an Avalon for a while now and it's been very reliable. No real problems at all. I don't mean to hijack the thread... but could you tell us what kind of problems you have had with PlateManager?

Re: Agfa Azura Plates Steve M. wrote: "My approbation about silence was sacrasm, or perhaps irony, especially now that Fuji sponsors a forum where they can not speak." I have to agree with Steve on this point. It does seem odd that they would want to promote a forum that corporate policy...

Re: Agfa Azura Plates Everyone does have the right to be silent but up to this point, this thread has pretty much been driven by well known industry representatives. Each of you defending and promoting your own product. I find it curious when Steve specifically asks Fuji to respond to his...

Re: Expertise Needed: Sick of film and chemicals Blair Wolfe wrote: "...because it is easier and more chemical free to just do the output directly on a polyester plate." Since when is a polyester plate easy and "more" chemical free? My experience with polyester was that it was not terribly...

Re: New PDF Workflow, Metal CTP and Proofing solutions! Hi John, Thanks for the very informative insight. Just curious, I went to your website http://www.mmt.ca/commercial/equip.html since you sounded like you had quite a bit of experience with the Screen/Fuji equipment, workflow and plates...

Re: Introduce yourself! I have to agree. This is getting pretty heavy. I have my own personal beliefs, but a prepress/printing forum is not the place IMHO to go preaching to others. Perhaps it is time for one of the moderators to jump in and clarify the policy. Cory? Eric?

Re: Any Apogee users running Sublima?? I've had some very positive experience with Sublima 240. Pressman have no problem with it and customers love it.

4-5 years ago we installed a thermal CTP machine. At the time, CTP plates were much more expensive than what we had been paying for conventional analog plates. The argument was that it was supply and demand, less manufacturing capacity etc. In other words, it was less competitive and they...