Uckfield-based Pureprint Group has switched to Fujifilm plates and processors, resulting in massive savings in time, cost and chemistry as well as an improvement in quality.

Pureprint, which offers various printing solutions to the corporate, fine art and creative markets, decided to install Fujifilm's Brillia HD LH-PJE non-bake UV plates and FLH-Z series intelligent plate processors, as they wanted a greener solution and a plate deal with a consistent, reliable supplier.

Aaron Archer, group technical manager at Pureprint, says: "The LH-PJE plates don't need baking, have a good visible image after processing and deliver a fine and consistent image platform. The combination of the plates with the FLH-Z processors met all of our pre-press needs, providing a more precise, environmentally friendly process.

"Not only have we saved massive amounts of chemistry, we've also saved huge amounts of time. Previously each processor took four hours to change each week, totalling 32 hours per month. Now, as we're only changing the processors once a month, this leads to only eight hours per month in down time."

The company has made huge savings in the amount of chemistry used as well as in the time spent maintaining the processors. Pureprint's previous processors could only process 1,500 plates each before the chemistry needed to be changed, which happened, on average, once a week. Now Pureprint is running over 4,000 plates per processor before cleaning is required, enabling the company to processor chemistry just once a month."

By moving to Fujifilm's plates and processors, Pureprint has reduced its chemistry from 560 litres to only 140 litres a month, a massive 75 per cent reduction and the equivalent to saving over 60 domestic bathfuls of chemistry each year.

FLH-Z  - Intelligent processing

Dedicated for use with Fujifilm Brillia HD thermal CTP plates and manufactured by Glunz & Jensen, the FLH-Z units are fitted with the very latest ‘ZAC' intelligent microprocessor control system from Fujifilm, providing a robust, stable, high quality plate processing environment. The ZAC control system determines the optimum replenishment rate, which results in the best possible development conditions irrespective of changes in plate volume or image area. Consequently, plates are always processed under optimum conditions providing a more exacting deliverable of image.

Fujifilm's FLH-Z processors are available now. Prices start from £15,590.