System Facilities Press Releases

System Facilities Eliminates Film & Chemical Use In Plate Making and Screen Printing

System Facilities offers NewsCraft™ LGN™ Imaging Paper - eliminating film and chemical use in plate making and screen printing allowing for direct to screen or plate digital imaging using a laser printer.

NewsCraft LGN Imaging Paper makes four-page tab and four-color separations possible without camera negatives. Screens and plates can be created directly from a laser printer reducing production costs while maintaining high resolution quality.

LGN, a modified vellum paper, has been treated to make it dimensionally stable under the heat and pressure of laser printing, while still offering excellent toner adhesion. Use of LGN paper does not require special computer software or unique plate making equipment. A simple reduction of exposure time allows for the best results with plates, while screens are exposed as usual.

LGN is available from stock in letter, legal, tabloid, A3, A4 and oversized sheets, as well as special order sizes. Evaluation quantities of LGN are also available through SFI.

System Facilities is the exclusive developer of NewsCraft LGN Imaging Paper, distributed world wide.

System Facilities Introduces Improved NewsCraft LGN Imaging Paper

System Facilities introduces Improved NewsCraft™ LGN™ -- Laser Generated Positive and Negative paper-eliminates camera step in screen plate making.

System Facilities has demonstrated its NewsCraft LGN --Laser Generated Positive and Negative paper--at several industry trade shows. System Facilities showed 11" x 14” process and spot color separations and halftones with 85 line screens that were produced using LGN rather than film. LGN is now being used very successfully in screen printing, sign making, and printing applications with a variety of plate materials.

NewsCraft LGN paper can be used in most laser printers to produce inexpensive negatives or positive that can be used to directly create screens or plates without going through the camera step. This eliminates the expense of film and chemicals as well as the environment problems associated with disposing of the used chemicals. It also saves time, especially in the event of having to remake a screen or plate at the last minute.

LGN paper is a resin-coated translucent paper which has been specially treated to make it dimensionally stable under the heat and pressure of laser printing. The unique properties of NewsCraft LGN paper have enabled System Facilities to successfully use it for four color separations with excellent registration both on plates and screens. No special computer software or screen or plate making equipment is required.

Initial development of NewsCraft LGN was done with a 12OO dpi 11" x l4” laser printer; however, NewsCraft LGN paper is compatible with most laser printers from 3OO dpi to 18OO dpi. The key requirement is that the printer be able to produce a solid black. Special order sizes and evaluation packages are also available from System Facilities.

All product names or brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. NewsCraft and LGNare trademarks of System Facilities

System Facilities Goes Online
New Web Address Is www.systemfacilities.com

System Facilities announces their new site on the Internet's world wide web at www.systemfacilities.com. The new site has been designed to meet the needs of professional printers. Industry insiders will find the site complete in its information about the use of the company's NewsCraft LGN Imaging Paper.

The System Facilities web site features complete technical and product use information, trouble shooting tips, and case studies detailing how NewsCraft LGN Imaging Paper is being used by screen and offset printers to shorten production schedules and reduce in-plant costs.

Management at System Facilities hailed the new web site as a way to rapidly communicate the company's message globally, while making it easy for customers to communicate with the company. The site features several easy-to-use online forms allowing printers to communicate with SFI. "In an industry and business environment where speed is critical for success, the Internet's world wide web is becoming the communication vehicle that delivers that speed. SFI has always brought cutting edge technologies to the printing industry and using the web to improve our communications with customers just seemed a natural move." said a company spokesman.

NewsCraft LGN Imaging Paper is the preferred product to generate negatives on laser printers directly from computer software. This "direct-to-negative" approach eliminates the camera, darkroom, and messy chemicals needed to create a negative in the traditional, time consuming way.

System Facilities markets NewsCraft Imaging Paper directly to customers. The product is also available through selected distributors around the world.

System Facilities is headquartered in Syracuse, New York, USA.