Welcome to the group! I have not had any run ins with that device. I did have an eskofot copydot scanner that was very reliable and accurate. But, that's a simple device compared to a CTP machine. Do you have the PlateDriver 8 Semi or PlateDriver 8 Auto? Is that a violet or thermal model and what kind of plates are you using with it? Personally I have ran the Gerber Crescent C42, bad experience, the Scitex Lotem 800 V2, so so experience, and now have the Creo Trendsetter, what a sweet machine, happiness at last. I've been working in CTP and consulting for CTP operations for about 7 years now and have worked with many different CTP systems and workflows but Esko PlateDriver 8 hasn't sold too many here in US I don't think.
The Esko Graphics PlateDriver 8 is an internal drum. That is a design problem in that you are forcing a rigid material (aluminum plate) into a drum and trying to get it to pop in there with the plate working against the automation acting like a spring against the automation. It isn't an imaging issue at all once plate is in there. But for smooth reliable automation of feeding and loading/unloading plates, any internal drum design is inferior to all external drum CTP (computer to plate) devices. Have look at the number of parts and adjustments to the automation of internal drum imager device, Esko, Agfa Galileo, Gerber Crescent C42 etc, then compare that to an external drum like DS Screen, Creo Trendsetter, etc. and you'll see that it's simply going to go down more often and be less reliable due to all the adjustments and complexity of feeding a rigid material into an internal drum.
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February 05, 2005
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