Screens are Screaming for Attention

Creo (Billerica, Mass.) offered its first FM screening technology some years ago, introducing Staccato in 1998 for offset printing using a 25-micron dot size. Its benefits included fine image detail, improved color registration, larger color gamut, and greater ink mileage.

The use of Creo's SQUAREspot thermal imaging technology with Staccato now provides the capability to image and print with a 10-micron dot. According to Creo, this is the equivalent to a 1 per cent dot from a 418-line AM screen. SQUAREspot is designed to consistently produce the dot shape and size on the plate, and can reduce the grainy appearance of reproductions from FM screens.