Computer to litho plate using silver halide diffusion transfer

Steve Doyle

doi:10.1117/12.207584

27 April 1995 Computer to litho plate using silver halide diffusion transfer

Steve Doyle

Proceedings Volume 2413, Color Hard Copy and Graphic Arts IV; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.207584
Event: IS&T/SPIE's Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The paper describes the advantages of Lithography for quality reproduction at high production speeds by comparison with other digital printing systems. The claim is made that silver halide offers the best and most flexible technology for CTP and that the use of the single sheet diffusion transfer method offers the most elegant, simple and therefore the most practical of solutions to the problem of providing Silver halide photographic properties on a litho printing plate. The changes in litho plate technology are briefly reviewed, the specific requirements of computer to plate are outlined and then the application of single sheet silver halide diffusion transfer technology to computer to plate (CTP) are described in more detail. A representative sample of output recorders (platesetters) are described and some possible technology routes for higher speed and lower cost are reported.

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Steve Doyle "Computer to litho plate using silver halide diffusion transfer", Proc. SPIE 2413, Color Hard Copy and Graphic Arts IV, (27 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.207584

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