Article: Digital Plates Pace CTP Market.(computer-to-plate)

Developments in thermal and visible-light imaging, waterless, and processless products stir momentum for computer-to-plate production.

With most plate manufacturers planning to introduce computer-to-plate (CTP) plate products for commercial sale this year and CTP commitments coming from next-tier printers, the CTP segment of the industry seems to be on the cusp of an exciting market phase propelled by these developments.

For example, Kodak Polychrome Graphics plans to market no fewer than three new digital plates in 2001. The company is now field-testing its ProTherm P3000, an update over its Electra plate, in the United States and Canada and plans to ...

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