The chemical-free (also called dry-processing)
imagesetters change the process subtly, near the beginning of the pipeline.
The new plant uses Agfa
imagesetters, chemistry, and film and 4,000 to 5,000 Southern Lithoplate doublewide newspaper plates per month in approximately 50 runs per week, according to Keute.
Screen (USA), Rolling Meadows, Ill., a subsidiary of Kyoto-based Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co., once offered newspapers
imagesetters and, briefly, tabletop drum scanners.
In Wilmington, N.C., Morning Star Managing Editor John Meyer says, "We have generator and battery UPS [uninterruptable power supply] backup to operate all newsroom systems, wires,
imagesetters, etc., and all in-house systems have been subjected to thorough Y2K compliance review."
First with our scanners and
imagesetters and then followed by our CTP devices, SCREEN technology actually powered many of the devices sold under different makers' badges.
Prepress can upgrade from film
imagesetters to platesetters, reducing materials costs, effluent and labor, while speeding platemaking and improving print quality.
The complete Fujifilm product portfolio includes: professional and consumer film and cameras; digital imaging products including digital cameras for commercial and consumer use; chemical-free digital photographic color printers; digital minilabs and kiosks; photographic paper and photofinishing supplies; professional motion picture film; computer floppy disks, data tapes and cartridges; professional and consumer optical discs, videotape and audiocassettes; microfilm and other micrographic products; graphic arts film, conventional and digital printing plates, analog and digital color proofing systems, drum and flatbed scanners,
imagesetters and computer-to-plate systems.
* Lino-Server 5100 (14GB)--Links all color workstations for sharing data and moving files from one output queue to another, thus keeping the traffic load manageable for the
imagesetters.
film and
imagesetters," explains Lee Zerfass, digital business manager for Anderson & Vreeland.
Light Impressions, of which McGrew as a leading shareholder, installed one of the first
Imagesetters.