Digital Plates: Thermal Gold Printing Plate
The plate that started the thermal digital revolution just got better.
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Kodak Polychrome Graphics introduced the first thermal imaging solution, Thermal Printing Plate/830 in 1995. It won the GATF InterTech Award for Innovative Excellence and is currently running on more than 1200 platesetters around the world.
Now we're taking thermal imaging to the next level with Thermal Gold. Designed to maximize the potential of CtP on today's faster imaging devices and with more types of printing jobs.
Thermal Gold delivers outstanding performance:
- faster imaging speeds
- greater imaging latitude
- less ablation
- wider preheat windows
- high resolution
- outstanding run length when postbaked
- exceptional chemical resistance when postbaked
- superb ink/water balance latitude
Thermal imaging continues to advance. Keep up with Thermal Gold.
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| Product Specifications |
| Plate Type |
UV and IR sensitive, negative-working ("write image"), thermal polymer |
| Substrate |
Electrochemically grained and anodized aluminum. |
| Sizes |
Varies by gauge; 59" maximum width |
| Gauges |
.0055", .008", .012", .015", .020" |
| Spectral Sensitivity |
Digital: 800-850 nm; peaks @ 830nm. Analog: 380-400 nm (UV) |
| Digital Energy |
100 mJ/cm2, depending on platesetter |
| Run Length |
Unbaked - 150,000 impressions, depending on press conditions
Baked - 1,000,000 impressions, depending on press conditions |
| Resolution |
1-99% @ 300 lpi. Holds 4.8 micron spot (equivalent to 1% round spot at 600 lpi) |
| Image Contrast |
Excellent post-exposure contrast |
| Image Color |
Green (unbaked) |
| Processing Steps |
Preheat (12-14 degrees F below fogpoint); Develop; Rinse/finish (or apply prebake solution); Postbake @ approximately 450 degrees F (optional); Rinse/finish (if postbaked) |
| Processor Speed (dwell time) |
28-32 seconds |
| Processing Equip |
Kodak Polychrome Graphics Quartz CtP & Mercury Mark V Plate Processor |
| Processing Chemistry Replenisher |
Aqueous alkaline, positive type developer, ProTherm Concentrated Developer |
| Safelight |
Handle and process in UV safelight environments. Use bright yellow safelights or fluorescent with UV sleeves or yellow fluorescent lamps. |
| Accredited Thermal Platesetters (as of July 2001) |
Creo, Screen, Gretag, ECRM |
Not all products are available in all countries.
