A Full Plate

Nilpeter's DI-3300 represents "a step back" from all-out direct-to-plate, explains Presstek Product Marketing Manager Sandy Fuhs, filling an intermediate need for a stand-alone CTP device that provides nearly all the advantages of complete direct-to-plate. Cassettes containing the plate and blanket cylinders slide off Nilpeter's M-3300 and directly onto the imager. Once each plate is mounted, imaged, and slid back on to the press, it is immediately in register. The imaging system can also transfer ink key data directly to the press, Fuhs notes.