Making CtP work for youThe Python has been developed in response to feed-back from the market. In the past year customer needs have changed. Line-screens are up and run lengths have shrunk, which means more plate changes. As a result there is a need for higher speed and quality and the Python delivers this.
The Python brochure is now available in French, Spanish, Dutch and German. These can be downloaded, together with the Print Week HighWater Python as Product of the Week article, by going to the foot of page and clicking on Downloads to get your PDF copy.HighWater is proud to announce the NEW LOOK Python User Interface. The simple Java-based user interface for ‘point and click’ plate production is being released for the Python from mid-January 2007. All Python systems (serial number PY511 and later) will ship with v5 software installed. Existing Python Users can be upgraded to this new software.Python, designed for the 2-up and 4-up market is a manual load and unload CtP device. The plate is mounted on a flat table, correctly positioned in the 3-pin touch sensitive register system. The plate is clamped automatically and transferred to the high precision, internal drum. Here it is exposed using Pythons advanced optical laser system. The plate is retained in the clamp in perfect register while it is imaged at a resolution of 2540 dpi, at 6 mm per second. A B2 plate takes two minutes to image.
The Python system includes a high-spec workstation running a Torrent Level 3 RIP, with a full complement of software applications that enables you to rapidly process and output your jobs to the Python.The benefits of using Python in your workflow are compelling. Its quality and speed of output let you produce plates to meet the ever increasing demands of todays print shop. Pythons modular design and remote diagnostics ensure an extremely high level of reliability, with minimum downtime, to put you ahead of your competition, and to help meet your customers high expectations.
Barcode Plate Requeue
Barcode Plate Requeue software in an additional package that can be purchased to run alongside Q2.It is a plate identification mark system for adding a unique identifying number to each separation of a job, and outputting the number in the form of a barcode onto film/plate.It ensures jobs can be easily retrieved and re-queued to an input queue. This allows for film/plate remake, so if the plate fails for some reason such as creasing when mounting on press, bad punch registration or not holding ink due to poor processing, it can be quickly re-made.For more details please see product brief in download section.
Making CtP work for you