IPA Systems Limited

The FasTRAK® Violet CTP has established itself as one of the fastest, most economical CTP systems in the business, capable of throughput speeds up to 225 plates per hour. Combined with the TrakMATE 2 autoloader and the PrintExpress workflow systems, the FasTRAK Violet CTP meets production deadlines in today’s most demanding environments.

At the core of every Esprit CTP is the proven technology found in alfaQuest's renowned and successful line of high speed, high quality FasTRAK CTP, but at an unparalleled lower price. The Esprit has been designed and developed to meet the production and cost demands of community and suburban newspapers as well as to provide low cost, high quality CTP redundancy in larger production facilities. Although many low cost CTP products provide inferior imaging quality and low reliability. alfaQuest has used the same optics and the same plate feeding technology which is in use in many of the newspapers industry's most demanding CTP production environments.

The Accelero CTP images from computer directly to plate at speeds of up to 100 plates per hour. The CTP images plates at 7 selectable resolutions; 1016, 1200, 1270, 1524, 1800, 2400 and 2540 dpi, using a 120 mW violet laser diode. It has a straight through, flatbed design with opto-mechanical alignment and plate positioning system ensuring repeatability of ± 25 microns

The Accelero accepts printing plates from sizes as small as 305mm x 381mm up to 635mm x 914mm. Plate thickness ranges from 0.15mm to 0.4mm. The Accelero can be integrated with the PrintExpress system to provide a complete pre-press workflow system, or it can be connected directly to either the RIPExpress or PrintExpress RIPs. It is also available with either a LaserBus interface.