Fujifilm brings out new plates for newspapers

Fujifilm has launched its first violet and thermal plates for the newspaper market at Ifra.

The Brillia LP-NVV violet CTP photopolymer plate is manufactured for 405nm violet diode platesetters, and uses the same processor as Fujifilms LP-NN2 CTP photopolymer plate.

It is capable of run lengths up to 300,000 impressions, but no date for commercial availability has yet been set.

The Brillia LH-NN CTP thermal plate requires no pre-heating and offers higher sensitivity than its competitive thermal newspaper plates, according to Fuji.

Stable image quality is provided through the need for no pre-heating, and it also features Fujifilms Multigrain surface treatment.

The Brillia LH-NN offers run lengths of up to 200,000 impressions and should be available from the second quarter of 2004.