CreoScitex is working with all the leading and innovative media companies to develop liquid lithographic media to provide users with a choice of media at a market-competitive price. In the Graph Expo demonstration we are using a liquid media developed by Agfa. Agfa is developing a liquid media called LiteSpeed, based on the Thermolite processless plate announced at Drupa. LiteSpeed works on a lithographic aluminum substrate and achieves a run length in the 20,000 to 30,000-sheet range. Most of the leading press companies have expressed serious interest in commercializing SP presses with CreoScitex.
Product development is underway with several.
Only one, Komori, has publicly declared its commitment to this technology. The Shinohara 66 IIP press was purchased as a test bed. There is no active program underway to implement SP technology on this press model. Shinohara was very supportive of our efforts to undertake the demonstration at Graph Expo and we greatly appreciate the help they provided. In theory yes.