According to the latest report from the German print media, Glunz & Jensen has launched the Plate-Writer 2400 inkjet CTP plate-making machine. The machine is characterized by a plate-recording system and its associated non-photosensitive i Plate plate, so it can be operated in daylight. Since the used printing plate is subjected to electrochemical roughening treatment, it belongs to a printing plate with no sensitive temperature and no photosensitive coating. The Plate-Writer 2400 plate-making machine can be used in ordinary sunlight.
The CTP inkjet system can produce printed aluminum plates without chemical development. The patented special ink Liqui Dot directly records the printed image information on the uncoated aluminum plates. When in use, the printing plate is placed on the input table, and the printing plate is automatically input. The optical sensor recognizes the front edge of the printing plate and checks the positioning accuracy to ensure that the printing plate is aligned. In the post-processing part, the newly-made offset plate is fixed, and then the glue is automatically applied. The machine can output 2880 dpi resolution? Equivalent to 30 μm FM dot? Precision printing plate, and can produce 6 B3 printing plates per hour, to ensure the output demand of small printing plants.
Navigator-RIP obtained a Harlequin license to control the iCtP platemaking system. All dedicated RIP parameters are adjusted in the so-called Page-Setup layout setting dialog box, and the resolution, media size, etc. are set in this dialog box.
The calculated bitmap is transmitted to the Inkjet Printer through the USB interface, which prints the image bidirectionally on the anodized aluminum plate. Through various settings of RIP, you can calculate gray scale, imposition, spot color, CMYK color or RGB color data. Calibration curve can be drawn through Calibration Manager calibration management software. With the adjustment of the curve, the inkjet machine can achieve high-quality printing.
In order to achieve the perfect effect, select the preset and stored curves in the Calibration Manager, so that the equipment can be put into production soon after installation. It has stored the most commonly used plate size. The distance between the image and the edge of the printing plate can be adjusted individually.
Configuration
Plate-Writer 2400 standard configuration
Plate-Writer inkjet printing engine
Post-processing workstation with drying, fixing and gluing
Plate input and output table
RIP workstation connected to Mac and PC
Xitron RIP with iScreening screening technology based on Harlequin supports Epson 4800/4880, 7800/7880, 9800/9880 color proofing
Set of startup ink
Environmental protection
In the face of global climate change, ecological concepts are becoming increasingly important in modern printing companies. The iCtP inkjet plate-making system conforms to ecological and environmental protection concepts, because it uses an additive plate-making solution, and no longer needs to develop the printing plate, thereby saving the cost of developing chemicals and their emissions and equipment cleaning.
