Système d'imagerie et d'insolation Computer-to-Screen (CTS) i-Image STE I

CERTIFICATION

• CE Certified: Built to specifications established by the European Committee for Standardization® (CE)
• UL Listed: Built to specifications established by Underwriters Laboratories® (UL)

 

COMPUTER-TO-SCREEN IMAGING

• Can be user-customized for specific art types, various mesh counts, and types of emulsion
• Digital workflow simplifies the imaging process
• Eliminates the need for costly film
• Improves image quality
• Produces exceptional screen-to-screen registration
• Promotes faster on-press setup and registration
• Provides complete control of print parameters
• Provides full image scaling and positioning
• Reduces processing steps
• Virtually eliminates pinhole touchup
• Workflow can be customized for specific customer needs

 

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Designed & disassembled to fit through a 78 cm (31") doorway
• Includes computer, monitor, and M&R’s proprietary software
• Self-contained design speeds production by allowing placement in light-safe screen-coating rooms
• Touchscreen panel with alphanumeric display

 

LIGHT SOURCE FOR SCREEN EXPOSURES

• Combines CTS imaging and UV LED screen exposure in one machine
• Dramatically reduces exposure time
• Eliminates the need for a separate screen exposure unit
• Exposes emulsion with a full-size flatbed light source
• Job Recall™ allows storage and recall of numerous screen exposure values
• The high density of M&R’s UV LEDs ensures the quickest exposures and the most uniform coverage available
• UV LEDs use far less energy than metal halide lamps and are only on during the screen exposure process

 

TRI-SYNC™ SYSTEM

• Contact indicator ensures proper screen placement prior to imaging (the PRINT button lights up when the screen is locked in place)
• Helps ensure that every CTS-generated screen is accurately pre-registered for M&R’s Tri-Loc system
• Prevents images from being printed if the screen frame has not been properly loaded (this feature can be turned off)
• Tri-Sync Pallet (included) uses a similar contact indicator to ensure proper screen placement on the press

 

WARRANTY, SERVICE AND SUPPORT

• 24-hour hotline is staffed 365 days a year
• One-year limited warranty
• The screen-exposure LEDs used in the i-Image STE I carry a limited lifetime warranty against failure in normal use

Here are a few of the benefits of CTS technology to be found in systems like M&R's i-Image S™ and i-ImageST™ imaging systems and M&R's i-Image STE I™ imaging and exposure system:

1. The shop's graphic artists no longer need to wait for film printing and stripping, leaving them more time to concentrate on artwork

2. Computerized RIP software helps ease workflow. The ability to integrate artwork RIP into the operation's server or workgroup eases file transfers and post-print organization, and it makes storage and retrieval far simpler than filing films and storing imaged screens

3. Direct printing on screen emulsion eliminates the need for a conventional exposure system with its vacuum and glass. That does away with pinholes, and it cuts screen burn time in half because there's no waiting for vacuum drawdown and no glass to refract light. The CTS process also eliminates undercutting because there is no way for light to reflect around the dot and narrow the gap of the image

4. During washout, the person cleaning the screen can see exactly what needs to be washed to ensure all details are accounted for

Typically, the screen-creation process will take 25 minutes per screen to complete. That's far longer than the seven minutes it takes with some of the most integrated CTS units on the market.

Here's a checklist comparing the steps required for film to those required for CTS: