Kodak Sonora X Process Free Plates

SONORA X Process Free Plates bring the environmental and cost benefits of process free plate making to more printers than ever before. With run lengths, imaging speeds, resolutions, and handling capabilities that match most unbaked processed plates, Kodak estimates that SONORA X Plates can be used by up to 80% of offset printers.

SONORA Plates can be used to print:

• Offset packaging and labels

• UV and low-energy UV print

• Heatset web applications

• Newspapers (high-volume & automated)

• Long-run commercial print

• VLF applications

• And more...

Our goal is to make process free possible for all printers.

With the new technology developed for Kodak’s latest SONORA Plates, our plate scientists have come very close to that goal, expanding the capabilities of SONORA Plates to meet the performance needs of most offset printing applications.

Long Run Lengths

Sonora X plates can replace unbaked wet processed plates in most applications, with run lengths up to;

• 400,000 impressions with heatset / commercial cold press
• 200,000 impressions with sheetfed press
• 100,000 impressions for offset packaging (non-UV ink)
• 60,000 impressions for UV-ink applications

Productivity and print quality

With laser energy required of 120 mJ/cm2, SONORA X Plates let printers get the maximum throughput from nearly all platesetters, and with no processing step, making plates is faster than ever.

Your customers will appreciate that you are using a more sustainable plate, and they will love the print quality they’re getting, thanks to the high resolution capabilities of SONORA X Plates.

Technical Specifications