Trendsetter NX Imager:High-quality CTP for flexo and Offset

High-quality CTP output for digital flexo and Offset plate making
Building on our success and expertise in thermal CTP technology, the Kodak Trendsetter NX Imager offers exceptional productivity and consistency, as well as a wide tonal range for flexographic printing. The reliable and robust Trendsetter NX Narrow and Mid Imagers offer outstanding imaging technology, semi-automatic operation, process stability, and easy maintenance.
As part of the Kodak Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic System,Trendsetter NX Imagers allow packaging printers to produce highquality results to differentiate their products. They use Kodak squarespot Imaging Technology for outstanding process control and to produce an image dot size as small as 10-micron.Trendsetter NX Imagers expose Kodak Flexcel NX Thermal Imaging Layers at an impressive speed of 9.5 m2 per hour. These layers are then laminated to Kodak Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic Plates for exposure and processing. The result is a digital flexo plate imaging solution that eliminates drop off of highlights and provides exceptional printing results.
Speed and versatility
Trendsetter NX Imagers expose the Kodak Flexcel NX Thermal Imaging Layer at an impressive speed of 9.5 m2 per hour, about half the time it takes to image a digital flexo plate with a laser
ablative mask. Loading and unloading are also faster, because no taping or clamping is required.
Following exposure, the imaging layer is laminated to a Kodak Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic Plate. The result? A digital flexo plate imaging solution that eliminates highlight drop-off and
provides exceptional printing results. The hybrid option for Trendsetter NX Mid and Narrow Imagers
enables imaging of both flexo and offset plates on the same device, maximizing your return on investment as well as image quality across substrates.
INNOVATION
The Flexcel NX System uses unique technology to deliver print quality and
print performance that is a significant step ahead of traditional digital flexo.
Flat-top dots
Unlike traditional digital flexo plate making where oxygen inhibition during UV exposure causes the dot profile to become rounded, especially in highlight areas, the Flexcel NX System eliminates all oxygen during UV exposure to produce full amplitude flat-top dots with sturdy bases and strong shoulders. This dot structure is the key to superior on-press performance, Delivering a consistent, repeatable printing form that is resistant to changes in impression and wear from substrate or cleaning.
High resolution imaging
The third piece in the puzzle is high resolution imaging to ensure maximum tonal range and fine image reproduction. The Trendsetter NX Imagers use squarespot imaging at an effective resolution of 10,000 dpi to enable printing dots as small as 10 microns, allowing subtle highlight detail, vignettes that fade to zero and use of all available grey levels—and because of the one-toone image reproduction and the flat-top dots, none of that detail is lost from the beginning to the end of a print run.
DigiCap NX Screening
DigiCap NX Screening is a softwarebased feature for the Flexcel NX System that enables a major Step forward in ink transfer efficiency through the application of a micro surface texturization pattern to the surface of all elements on the Flexcel NX Plate. Print applications that traditionally struggle with efficient ink transfer can now enjoy higher print densities, smooth solid area ink coverage and expanded color gamut with process printing.