Agfa Launches New Type: Amigo Thermal CTP Plate

On December 14, Agfa announced the launch of a new thermal CTP plate, Amigo, as a necessary addition to the Agfa ThermoFuse plate series. ThermoFuse is a patented imaging technology developed by Agfa, which Agfa launched last year: This imaging technology is used in the Azura Green Star chemical-free processing media. At present, more than 400 CTP systems have been installed in the world using Green Star chemical-free processing plates. With the launch of Amigo, users of long-term printing and large format markets will also enjoy the benefits of ThermoFuse technology.

Agfa's ThermoFuse technology directly forms an image during exposure, and then only needs to remove the un-imaged portion. Plates produced using this technique have better stability and consistency. Newly launched: Amigo, using a clear liquid instead: glue used in the Azura plate, which makes it more resistant to printing.

Because: Amigo can use all current processors on the market for processing, all adopt: Amigo plates do not need to increase investment. Flushing: The flushing fluid consumed by Amigo is 30 to 50 ml/m2, and a complete replacement of the flushing fluid can handle plates of at least 5000 m2.

In order to ensure the quality of the media, Agfa has conducted tests in Europe and the United States for a period of six months. The result is satisfactory.

: The Amigo plate was processed using the Flat Substrate technology developed by Agfa. Therefore, the plate has a more uniform sand and oxide layer, which makes the plate stronger in hydrophilicity and better ink balance performance. . This type of negative edition has a printing rate of 200,000 impressions, and it can withstand printing of 500,000 impressions after baking. This plate can be used with a variety of inks, fountain solutions, including alcohol fountain solution and UV ink.

The resolution of Amigo media is very high. The dot reduction is 1%~99%. You can use: Sublima screening technology to obtain 200lpi and 240lpi screens, or using 25 micron dot network for FM screening. :Amigo can be exposed using all Agfa's thermal CTP systems and is compatible with almost all other vendors' equipment on the market.

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