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DIRECT PLATE SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2002-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-impact Printing
DEF

An electronic system that prints directly from the computer to the plate without the use of film.

OBS

Perfected direct-to-plate systems will eventually result in the elimination of the typesetter as well as of most current production steps, since input is "scorched" or "photographed" by laser onto the plate.

Key term(s)
  • computer-to-plate
  • computer to plate system
  • direct to plate system
  • direct to plate typesetting system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Impression sans impact
DEF

Système d'impression électronique où l'écriture se fait directement sur la plaque, sans film.

CONT

Les plaques de l'impression offset sont à présent préparées à l'aide de soi-disant [systèmes de l'ordinateur-à-la-plaque] basés sur les technologies du non-impact.

OBS

Utilisé en offset et en gravure hélio. Les plaques offset nécessaires à ces systèmes doivent être capables de recevoir, à haute vitesse, une insolation au laser en haute résolution.

Spanish

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