Fuji will introduce its first violet-sensitive and no-process thermal CTP plates and add JDF compatibility to its workflow at Ipex.

At 1,500 square metres its stand will be the largest pre-press exhibit.

JDF compatibility has been built into the next generation of its Celebrant Extreme workflow version 5.2. It features a JDF interrogator to take instructions from the job ticket.

The firms violet diode platesetter, the Luxel V-9600CTP, is the fastest platesetter yet with throughput of 32 B1 plates per hour at 2,400dpi. It uses a 30mW diode, which allows it to expose Fujis Brillia LP-NV photopolymer violet plate, which will ship in May.

The Luxel will be available in manual, semi- and fully- automatic versions with one or two lasers.
Were seeing saturation at the high-end of the B1 market with growth in the smaller formats and entry-level B1, said Fujifilm Electronic Imaging (FFEI) business manager output systems Linda Beale. Products priced under 125,000 (euro 200,000) for B1 CTP are an important future market.

Fuji is promising further violet developments at the show.

In total it will introduce five new plates at the show. LD-NS is a negative-working thermal no-process plate designed for on-press imaging and capable of runs of up to 30,000.

As well as the LP-NV violet photopolymer plate, it has already launched LP-N3 a new version of its green-sensitive photopolymer plate, which the violet version is based-on. A new newspaper CTP plate the LP-NN2 adds better exposure latitude and improved runs of up to 300,000.

Lastly is a long-run thermal plate LH-PSE, that is more robust and is bakeable for runs over 1m.
Co-Res screening produces higher frequency conventional screens at a given resolution. Fuji is aiming it at visible light users who want faster ripping and imaging and thermal users who want higher linescreens than are conventionally possible.

Story by Barney Cox