Agfa Graphics today announced the newest addition to its family of high-end thermal platesetter systems, the Avalon N16-80 XT.
The new top line model comes as a fully configurable solution, based on proven technology in other Agfa Graphics solutions assuring continued reliability. The Avalon N16-80 XT features high speed and a superb imaging quality aimed at the high-production market, including the packaging market.
"The Avalon N16-80 XT is added to our offering in the high-end segment," said Bruno Lepage, Marketing Product Manager CtP Equipment Commercial & Packaging, Agfa Graphics. "Both the quality and the speed are extremely attractive to large commercial as well as packaging printers. As the engine also supports the adapted plate sizes used on most recent presses, it is the perfect fit for the 16-up/format 6 market."
All Avalon models seamlessly integrate with Agfa Graphics' PDF-based Apogee workflow to provide high-quality automated plate production control for commercial, packaging and publishing printing business.
Avalon N16-80 XT from Agfa Graphics
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Paul Adriaensen
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- Radiology solutions (36.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies radiology departments of hospitals all over the world with traditional X-ray film, hardcopy film and printers, digital radiography equipment and image processing software. Agfa's roots are in traditional medical imaging, but in today's healthcare market, digital radiography has become the dominant technology. All Agfa's digital radiography systems are offered with the company's leading MUSICA image processing software and its MUSICA workstation for image identification, acquisition and quality control;
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- HealthCare IT (21.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV offers Imaging IT Solutions (The Enterprise Imaging platform creates a true imaging record for every patient, containing all possible images of the patient, regardless of the department and the facility that created them), Hospital IT Solutions (the leading Hospital Information System /Clinical Information System ORBIS, connects medical departments and administrative departments of hospitals into one virtual network), and Integrated Care Solutions (these solutions support collaboration across the borders of care organizations and medical disciplines and enable hospitals to actively engage with all stakeholders in the expanded care process, including physicians, informal care-givers and patients) ;
- Offset solutions (5.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV is a leading supplier to the printing industry, offering innovative and reliable solutions. Commercial, newspaper and packaging printers around the globe rely on Agfa for the most extensive range of integrated solutions, from computer-to-plate systems with digital offset plates over color management and workflow optimization software to pressroom chemicals.
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