Operation Digital Output

Front runners

At Agfa, the eight-up Galileo and the Antares family are taking center stage in the platesetting segment. In its U.S. launch, the manual version of the 1064nm thermal Galileo will take a prominent position, alongside the fully automated version of the green-laser Galileo.

"The key factor is delivery on the promise of automation and the freedom of choice in implementing that automation," explains Steve Musselman, marketing manager for CTP and imagesetting systems at Agfa. "The two greatest demands are for full automation and simplicity; these will be the deciding factors that will cause some of the current devices on the market to be weeded out by DRUPA 2000."