Five Kodak Thermal CTP Platesetters Purchased by Denver Newspaper Agency

Castle-Printech Inc. of DeKalb, IL, added to its investment in Kodak solutions, purchasing a second Kodak Trendsetter News 70 platesetter. The company uses the Kodak devices to print a number of weekly newspapers, along with a number of publication inserts.

Kodak offers proven end to end solutions tailored specifically for newspapers, including thermal CTP platesetters, workflow, digital plates and screening technologies, all supported by around the clock service offerings. The Trendsetter News thermal CTP device comes in five models, ranging in speed from 60 to more than 240 plates per hour to suit newspaper printing facilities of all sizes. The Trendsetter News platesetter delivers fast, reliable imaging with a standard file format interface for newspaper production systems. It is available with semi automatic or fully automated plate loading and unloading. The machine to machine accuracy of the Kodak SquareSPOT thermal imaging heads, combined with the binary nature of thermal imaging, achieves consistent and repeatable halftone dot structures.

Thermalnews printing plates meet the rigorous demands of newspaper printing. Precise reproduction of high resolution, first generation thermal dots, with no dot gain at plate level, provides outstanding quality output and run lengths of more than 200,000 without postbaking. And faster makeready and plate reliability gives newspapers extra editorial time.

Staccato screening produces high fidelity, artifact free images that exhibit fine detail and more impactful color in newspapers. Staccato screening creates images without halftone rosettes, screening moiré, gray level limitations, or abrupt jumps in tone, with no impact on RIPing or rendering time.

The Kodak Prinergy Evo workflow system helps newspapers deal with last minute changes easily, without causing delays. Based on the latest standards and proven Prinergy technology, Prinergy Evo software delivers exceptional PDF processing capabilities. A flexible PDF workflow featuring proven color management, late-stage editing and imposition and advanced screening options to optimize output on Trendsetter News CTP devices, Prinergy Evo systems help deliver the end to end automation, speed, control, and flexibility that newspapers need to accommodate tight editorial and ad deadlines and output large numbers of pages more quickly.