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Kodak Unveils Newspaper and Semi-commercial Plate

Kodak is expanding its plate portfolio with a new violet offset plate, called LIBRA VP, which the company describes as being compatible with most violet CTP platesetters and plate-line equipment.

The LIBRA VP digital plate is designed for both newspaper production and the quality needs of semi-commercial printing applications, while holding what the company describes as a streamlined easy chem setup.

Kodak continues to explain that, with LIBRA VP, newspaper printers that process plates in the conventional way can now simplify processing and reduce environmental impact by replacing their traditional developer and replenisher with a single, low-pH clean-out finisher. Using this same finisher, Kodak explains printers can choose an easy chem setup that eliminates the plate prewash and post-rinse steps using a modified conventional processor or a dedicated clean-out unit.

Kodak’s LIBRA VP plate provides 150 lpi (60 lines/cm) AM or 180 lpi (70 lines/cm) hybrid (XM) screening capabilities. Newspaper printers can achieve run lengths of up to 350,000 impressions if the plates are processed conventionally or up to 300,000 impressions when easy chem setups are used.

“The LIBRA VP digital plate is yet another new Kodak plate that’s designed to make production processes more efficient, more profitable, and more environmentally responsible,” said Brad Kruchten, President, Print Systems Division and Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. “What’s more, this latest addition to our portfolio offers newspaper and semi-commercial printers unprecedented flexibility: they can choose the processing method which best meets their printing needs.”