Creo also announced a string of workflow developments including Evo, a low-cost version of Prinergy; an option for Prinergy to drive Xerox DocuColor digital presses and Synapse Director, which integrates Brisque into a broader NGP environment.
The Magnus was claimed to be so fast that plate processors and stackers had trouble keeping up.
We are already at the point where plate processors and stackers are the limitation, said Creo director of packaging Chris Allen.
As revealed in yesterdays (19 February 2004) PrintWeek e-mail bulletin Dutch firm Thijsen was the world test site for the machine.
Smaller plates can be produced simultaneously, as is already possible on Screens Ultima and Lschers Xpose!
The first early production machines will be installed in Europe in April.
Rumours about a new Creo VLF platesetter began last summer, with UK firm Odessa Offset tipped to be a beta site (PrintWeek, 2 July 2004).
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