Eleven years after the launch of the first chem-free
violet newspaper CtP plate, Agfa Graphics launches Avatar V-ZH, which does not
require pre-heating, according to the company.
The Avatar
V-ZH plate requires no pre-heating unit, which reduces printers’ capex and
energy consumption while gaining them floor space, the company says.
Avatar V-ZH
works with all violet CtP units in use at newspaper print sites across the
world, the company says. During exposure, the violet-laser diode triggers the
polymerization of the image area. The plate is gummed in the clean-out unit
with a dedicated gum, which removes the soft, unexposed non-image areas in an
easy and clean way.
“Violet-laser
technology makes up the majority of the newspaper market,” said Rainer
Kirschke, market manager newspapers for Agfa Graphics. “We have a worldwide
base of customers who have been using our violet chem-free plates for more than
a decade. During the development of Avatar V-ZH we carefully listened to their
remarks, and we made every effort to bring maximum economic and ecological
benefits to their production.”
The plate
will make its global debut at the IFRA World Publishing Expo 2018 in Berlin
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