Developer-free UV CtCP plate coating — Orion Next
Plates that develop in water, not chemistry.
Orion Next is a multi-polymer, ready-to-use coating for negative-working UV CtCP plates. Coat it on anodised aluminium, self-cure, image on a UV laser plate setter, and develop in plain tap water — no alkaline developer anywhere in the loop. The coating uses DNQ-cresol ester chemistry as its photoactive base.
Four steps, under yellow safe light.
Coat
Apply the ready-to-use solution to electrically grained, anodised and post-treated aluminium by reverse-roll, slot-die or flow coating, then dry with hot air to tack-free.
Self-cure
Store the coated substrate in a cool, dark place at 27–31 °C. Allow a minimum of 24 hours; thicker coatings need longer to cure.
Expose
Image on a UV CtCP laser plate setter in negative mode. Standard industry exposing devices apply.
Develop
Run through a positive-CtCP plate processor with the developer tank filled with plain water at 23–27 °C, then gum up and dry before press.
Handle under yellow safe light only. Do not expose undeveloped or unexposed Orion Next plates to daylight or white light before the unexposed coating is fully removed — otherwise non-image areas cure and the plate prints background.
A small contribution to a cleaner pressroom.
The printing industry can cut the chemicals it puts into presses and drains. By removing alkaline developer entirely, Orion Next plates make that contribution — without changing how printers expose and run their work.
Results depend on your line
Evaluating Orion Next?
Request a sample of Orion Next CtCP coating with the full method-of-use document, or talk through your substrate and plate-setter parameters with us.