It has a 5-watt laser rasterized across eight beams with an Isomet deflector modulator. The use of a deflector modulator is critical. It deflects the laser beam across the material, rather than splitting it, which enables the full power of the beam to be used. PGI's experiments have shown that LAT can be imaged with solid state lasers and laser diodes on either internal or external drum recorders. There are no loose, extraneous particles with the LAT process, so no clean-up is required.
All operations are dry and chemical-free.
The donor and receiver sheets can be manually separated. The proof looks and feels like a press sheet. All donor materials can be disposed of casually or recycled. PGI has found that a significant number of customers would like to have a proof with a gloss overcoat. The company feels that this look may be achieved using a postprocessing overlay system, and it is looking into making such a device available.