Agfa Thermostar
The Agfa Thermostar plate is for fast, high resolution, imaging without pre heating or special handling. Engineered for medium to long run lengths. Agfa Thermostar plates deliver consistent, precision imaging for commercial and packaging applications. Thermostar provides simplicity and convenience to your busy workflow. It operates in daylight, so it's perfect for compact pre-press areas, and it requires no pre-heating or baking, which saves prepress time. It also uses standard processing chemistry, so it can be used interchangeably with other plates. The high quality graining and anodising allows fast start-up and stable ink/water balance on the longest runs. Thermostar's high resolution imaging capability ensures faithful reproduction even on the most demanding jobs.
Plate type
Thermally exposed aluminium laser plate for sheet and web offset
Coating
Two-layer system, infrared sensitive, positive acting
Gauges
0.15 mm, 0.20 mm, 0.24 mm, 0.30 mm, 0.40 mm
Sizes
1500 x 2000 mm in 0.40 mm
1483 x 2000 mm in 0.30 mm
Spectral sensitivity
830 nm (P970); 1064-1080 nm (P971)
Resolution
1-99% dot rendering at 200 lpi
Image colour
Blue-green (P970); bright blue (P971)
Processing
Conventional wet processing using standard positive-type developer
Processor speed
0.7 - 1.2 m per minute
Temperature
25 ±3°C (77 ±5°F)
Replenishment rate
100 ml/m2 , depending on use
Run length
100,000 without post-baking, 1 million+ with baking depending on press conditions and image content
Lighting conditions
Daylight
Storage conditions
Thermostar plates should be stored in the original container under ambient conditions of
less than 30°C (86°F) and 30 - 70% relative humidity
