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News Release from: Agfa | Subject: New Drupa Products
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 February 2004
Agfa Unveil New Products At Drupa 2004
Amongst Agfa's new products to be featured at Drupa 2004 will be its new chemistry-free plate, the Azura, based on Agfa's existing Thermolite plate technology used for DI presses.
Amongst Agfa's new products to be featured at Drupa 2004 will be its new chemistry-free plate, the Azura, based on Agfa's existing Thermolite plate technology used for DI presses Agfa's new CTP system Azura will also be available at Drupa
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 8 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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London's Clement and Foster has built upon its recent £0.5m investment in a new press and CTP equipment, with the installation of Agfa Grand Sherpa digital colour proofing.
Agfa is targeting it at lower volume customers where the workload varies from day to day.
The plate cannot be baked, but is suitable for run lengths of up to 100,000.
After exposure, the non-image areas are removed in a plate gumming unit.
It is said to be chemistry-free.
Also new at Drupa will be 30mW violet diode versions of the Galileo and Palladio plate setters.
These will be able to expose Agfa's N91v photopolymer plate.
Agfa is expanding its use from newspapers into the commercial market.
A manual-loading version of the Palladio for entry-level users will also be available in May.
Also in the 4pp sector, Agfa has launched a new thermal model, the Acento, based on Dainippon Screen's Platerite 4100.
Faster versions of the Xcalibur external drum thermal platesetters will also be unveiled at Drupa, and will ship later this year.
The XXT (40pph) and VLF XXT (speed to be announced) both use Agfa's GLV technology.
Agfa will show a new double-sided imposition proofer, the Grand Sherpamatic.
New software for soft and remote proofing will also be at Drupa, and Agfa is also opening up its software and media for use with non-Agfa kit for the first time.
Its Delano project management system will be used in all the Printcity print factories at Drupa, as well as at the CIP4 stand.
A new version of Delano with enhanced features has just been released.
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