Graphics
Not only newspapers, books, magazines, billboards and packaging are printed, but also bank notes, wallpaper, textiles, labels, cans and CD's. Before the actual printing can start, a number of prepress activities need to be performed. In the prepress stage, photos are scanned, text and images are combined in a layout, pages are correctly positioned, colours are quality-controlled and digitally proofed. After a proof has been prepared and checked, the data are exposed, with the intermediary film (computer-to-film: CTF) or directly onto a printing plate (computer-to-plate: CTP).
As the worldwide market leader in pre-press solutions, Agfa answers all the pre-press needs of the graphic industry. Agfa provides commercial, newspaper and packaging printers with the most extensive integrated solutions for both computer-to-film and computer-to-plate systems, including equipment, consumables (graphic films and printing plates) and software. Agfa also supplies digital proofing systems, large format printing ánd the professional software that controls the entire prepress process. In addition, Agfa offers digital inkjet printing presses for industrial applications.