Agfa Azura
The Agfa Azura is a thermal, negative working plate for low/medium volume commercial printing where simplicity, robustness and reliability are important. It provides the high quality imaging you’d expect from a thermal system, without chemical processing. Elimination of chemistry removes all process variables and simplifies platemaking, giving you clear, consistent results. Agfa Azura users benefit from one of the simplest, most reliable and predictable CtP technologies ever created. Agfa Azura is an easy addition to any workflow. Because it uses no chemical processing, it is safer, simpler and more consistent for everyone to use. And it provides the convenience of daylight handling, to fit in to any prepress environment.
Plate type
Non ablative thermal negative working
Coating
Thermofusable, 830nm sensitive
Gauges
0.15, 0.20, 0.30 mm (0.006”, 0.009”, 0.012”)
Substrate
High quality grained and anodised aluminium
Sizes
Standard sheetfed and web sizes
Spectral sensitivity
Typically 300mJ/cm2 at 830nm
Resolution
Up to 2-98% at 200 LPI depending on imaging conditions
Plate developer
Not required
Storage conditions
Ambient temperatures below 50°C, 50°C not to be exceeded for more than 24 hours
Run Length
Up to 100,000 dependent on press conditions
Plate baking
not possible
