CTP - Computer to Plate
HighWater Announces Drupa Plans
Wednesday 16. April 2008 - Includes B1, B2 and B 3 violet CtP, line of consumables and new consultancy offerings
HighWater Designs, Ltd., a leading provider of violet metal CtP solutions for small to medium size printers, announced product plans for Stand 9D26-9, Hall 9 during Drupa. One source for all your prepress needs.
Featured at Drupa will be HighWaters full array of CtP devices including the Cobra 2 (B3 format) and Cobra 8 (B1 format) manual load and Python, a 4-up (B2 format) manual load, semi-automatic unload CtP devices. HighWater CtP solutions all feature:
? Future proof single 120 mW violet laser technology
? Low energy use
? 3-year laser warranty
? Fast and accurate internal drum imaging
? User friendly point and click plate making allowing anyone in the company to make a plate
? Chemistry free ready
? Unique Barcode Plate Reader for plate identification and remakes
? PostScript Level 3 PDF 1.6 (Harlequin) RIP
? Prepress workflow to further enhance productivity including options for PDF creation and preflighting, trapping, imposition, proofing, ROOM proofing
HighWater will demonstrate their violet CtP solutions utilizing the Cascade line of violet plates, chemistry and processors. This line of high-quality violet plates from HighWater were designed to provide optimum performance when used in conjunction with the HighWater CtP solutions. Cascade plates are capable of 2-98% dot, a range exceeding the capabilities of most presses. The plates are bakeable and UV resistant and can be read with a densitometer for process control. Printers have the advantage of receiving their support from one vendor, eliminating the need to contact different suppliers with technical questions related to plate making.
As new chemistry free plates are released into the marketplace, HighWater CtP solutions are ready to accept these plates without any costly upgrades required by many other CtP devices on the market. Users of the Cascade processor will find it easy to convert their existing process from running chemistry for development to become a wash unit, therefore, providing the printer to take advantage of their existing investment in equipment.
HighWater has also recently introduced a new consulting service providing workflow, IT and networking support to printers. Faced with expanding their operations into new areas, printers often find themselves needing technical support services in order to implement new workflows to enhance their business. HighWaters technical support department provides the new consultancy services with staff that are well versed and trained in prepress applications and CtP production.