Massachusetts-based flatbed platesetter manufacturer ECRM, in conjunction with Agfa, is using the Graphics of the Americas trade show in Miami as a demonstration site for the first imaging of Agfa’s :N92-VCF chemistry-free plate using a MAKO NEWSmatic platesetter. Agfa has been promoting process-free violet plates for newspapers for a couple years.
“For many printers and publishers, the availability of violet chemistry-free plates is a critical breakthrough which finally enables them to take advantage of the ecological and economical benefits of violet computer-to-plate production,” stated ECRM Latin American business manager Ed Millhorn in a company release.
ECRM promotes its violet CTP platesetters as both economical and energy-efficient, citing the MAKO platesetters as drawing the same energy it takes to light three 100-watt light bulbs.