2001 年 38 巻 6 号 p. 386-390
The platesetter has a long history. Recently, the real operation form of platesetter and plate has almost become clear in Drupa 2000 and Print'01. The thermal type plate is becoming dominant though the plates of photopolymer type, thermal type and silver type exist together in the general market. After each plate and the optical scanning method which corresponds to it are analyzed, the plates and the platesetters of various makers who have released them in the market by now are described in this text.