Poly Platesetter Gives Better Registration

Multiflow Print, specialising in B3 four colour, quick turn-round work, has upgraded its computer-to-plate system with a DPM 2508 polyester platesetter supplied by A B Dick.

Multiflow Print, specialising in B3 four colour, quick turn-round work, has upgraded its computer-to-plate system with a DPM 2508 polyester platesetter supplied by A B Dick.

"Polyester platesetting is not new to us because we have been using the smaller format DPM 2000 for several years.

Although we had been happy with the polyester plates, we knew that there were machines on the market with the latest technology that could give us better registration, particularly for four colour jobs," said Andrew Murdoch, production director at Multiflow.

"We looked at competitive models and had a demonstration at AB Dick's showroom in Brentford before placing the order.

It wasn't a difficult purchasing decision because we preferred the internal drum mechanism of the DPM 2508 and there was a price advantage of swapping one DPM for another.

We've been pleased with the support that A B Dick have given us and were in production straight away and the quality is far superior," he added.

Multiflow Print produces approximately 100 plates a week for its two-colour Shinohara perfector and Heidelberg Quickmaster presses.

Murdoch continued: "Make-ready is now much quicker because the 2508 exposes punched plates and, unlike the DPM 2000, we can expose the plates for all our presses from the same roll of plate material.".

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