Aeon - Thermal Printing Plates

Aeon is a high resolution non-preheat thermal CTP plate that offers run lengths to 200,000 without baking; an optional post-bake will enable runs of up to one million. Aeon is a versatile product that operates in 830 nm external drum platesetters. In the pressroom the Aeon plate provides excellent ink/water balance and durability making it the ideal solution for a broad range of printing applications.

Global Direct Color - Chooses Aeon Plates for Improved Throughput
As Global Direct grew, an increasing number of jobs required runs in the 100,000 to 200,000 range; their existing plate solution couldn’t meet this requirement, especially when using UV inks. Global Direct’s VP of Manufacturing, George Dusak, was also looking for a partner that could meet his technical and customer support needs. Dusak turned to Presstek for the solution.

Bellak Color - Cleans up Platemaking
To improve its platemaking, Bellack Color, Miami, FL, replaced its violet platesetter with a Presstek Compass 8030 CTP system imaging Presstek Aeon plates. The results are a fast, reliable and high quality stream of plates with a much smaller environmental footprint.

Hudson Printing - Delivering Award-Winning Quality and Efficiency
Going from an antiquated film based platemaking process to Presstek's Dimension Pro 800 with Aeon CTP plates greatly improved their production process and print quality. The Presstek 52DI press with its fast-makereadies addressed the growing 5,000 to 25,000 run lengths that were not profitable using their digital toner or conventional offset presses. As a result the company grew 20%, added 9 employees and was awarded the Ben Franklin Gold, Silver and Bronze Ink Award for their high quality printing.

Akros Print - Improves Productivity with Presstek Compass CTP System
A commercial printer located in Scotland was able to eliminate their bottleneck in prepress with a Compass 4038 platesetter. Plate production is now four times faster enabling them to meet the ever increasing demands for short-run, fast turnaround printing.