Agfa Graphics has launched a high-speed platesetter for the high-volume newspaper market.
The Advantage N-TR HS runs at speeds up to 350 plates per hour. Agfa says the Advantage N-TR HS can extend newspaper publishers’ editorial and advertising deadlines, giving them the ability to deliver the latest news and last-minute offers to their daily readers, adding that the increased speed will also help newspaper publishers replace multiple, slower CTP engines with fewer faster ones. Agfa also sees savings on new CTP investments; processing equipment; punch and bending machines; less processing equipment; reduced the labour cost for cleaning and refill; and less required floor space.
Emiel Sweevers, lobal marketing manager for newspaper engines at Agfa Graphics, says, “Agfa Graphics again shows its commitment to the newspaper industry by offering state-of-the-art CTP technology that meets the requirements of the premium level newspaper market segment. Like all segments in the newspaper industry, the high-volume segment is also looking for improved production efficiency, cost savings and automation.”
The Advantage N-TR HS features a trolley to transport plates from a safelight environment to the CTP imager. This gives customers who cannot switch to yellow safelight in the room where the CTP device is installed, the flexibility to more easily and efficiently load the plates in a separate yellow safelight environment.
Sweevers adds, “With Agfa Graphics, newspaper publishers have a partner with expertise in hardware, complete workflow solutions and consumables, covering the entire pre-press production area. We continue to develop solutions that enable our customers to face the current market challenges.”
The Advantage N-TR HS will ship at the end of the year.
