Products: Laser Plates

Base-Line's Laser Direct™ polyester laser plates increase pressroom profitability and efficiency by providing a high-quality and affordable computer-to-plate solution.

Laser Direct™'s award-winning technology (laser plate sold by Base-Line won the prestigious GATF 1995 InterTech Technology Award, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the global graphic arts community) allows printers to image plates using only a dry toner laser printer with no additional processing required. Laser Direct™ eliminates the need for a camera, image setter, platemaker, processor, and darkroom chemistry.

It is simple to image a digital file using recommended laser printers*, wet the plate with diluted Laser Direct™ fountain solution, and start up the print job. Laser Direct™ saves valuable turnaround time and increases prepress output while greatly reducing equipment costs and hazardous waste disposal.

Best of all, the image quality and durability of Base-Line laser plates take the worry and complication out of short-run work. Laser Direct™ laser plate will hold a 1200 dpi image at 120 line screens. And, when imaged correctly using recommended laser printers Laser Direct™ will print in excess of 10,000 impressions. These qualities make Laser Direct™ one of the most affordable cost-saving systems available today.

Advantages:

• Provide excellent results for letterhead, business cards, and literature with spot color, screens, and halftones.
• Works with almost all rubber, oil, acrylic, and soy-based inks.
• Double-sided and durable construction that resists scratching.
• Reduce or eliminate hazardous waste disposal and provide a safer environment for employees.
• Available in 14 pre-cut sizes in packages of 100 plates.
• Offered with specially formulated Laser Direct™ fountain solution, plate cleaner, image remover pen, and reinforcing strips (sold separately).

*For optimum performance, image Laser Direct™ polyester laser plates using a HP LaserJet 5000/5100 series laser printer. Many other high quality laser printers and copiers will successfully image Laser Direct™ plates.

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