An Interview with Amos Michelson

These initiatives are well supported at Creo, with an R&D staff of more than 1,000—"the largest in the prepress industry," says Michelson. "Our philosophy is to develop prepress technologies that allow any printing technology to be as good as it can possibly be."

The development efforts have resulted in significant process enhancements for offset, flexo, and now gravure printing. Just introduced at drupa, Creo has entered the gravure market with its Exactus™ thermal gravure system. This combines Creo's SQUAREspot thermal imaging heads and thermal polymers with Italy-based Acigraf's electrolytic copper removal process to provide a high-resolution, consistent, and cost-effective gravure prepress system.