Agfa Corporation

Christopher Evans

Dennis W Dodge

William W Tice

Thomas P Marincic

David B Larsen

Thomas E Robinson

Roger L Audet

James D Roberge

Phillip A Rombult

Aaron Mirmelshteyn

A pin registration system uses a plurality of registration pins having different thickness heads to align an edge of a printing plate when mounting the plate to a drum of an imaging system. The registration pins are optionally adjustable along the longitudinal axis of the drum. The registration system avoids the requirement to punch holes or notches in a printing plate and does not require adjusting the thickness of a common registration pin. The registration system allows printing plates having different widths to be mounted without necessitating adjustments of the registration pins.

Pin registration system for mounting different width printing plates

The present invention provides a media handling system for an imaging system, such as an external drum platesetter. Separate input and output trays are provided, thereby allowing pre-staging of a second printing plate while a first printing plate is being imaged. The input tray is positioned over the output tray to reduce the floor space (i.e., footprint) of the imaging system.

External drum imaging system

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Wilmington, MA, United States of America

Christopher Evans