On October 12, Kodak successfully introduced the new Trendsetter News Platesetter family at IFRA Expo 2009. Since Trendsetter News saw the first light of day at IFRA Expo 2000 as the first daylight-safe newspaper computer-to-plate (CTP) device, it has been and continues to be a very popular CTP device used every day to make plates for millions of newspapers with leading-edge quality from "O Liberal" in the Amazon, to "Het Laatste Nieuws" in the heart of Europe to "China Daily" in Beijing.

The latest enhancements for the new Trendsetter News were well received by customers and resulted in a number of orders signed at IFRA.

Hanuaer Anzeiger, just outside of Frankfurt, Germany, purchased two Trendsetter News S-AL units and will be printing their newspapers before year-end with plates imaged on their newly purchased thermal CTP's.

As this customer experienced firsthand, the Trendsetter News Platesetter's new compact footprint makes it easier than ever to fit parallel plate lines in small prepress rooms, and they will be making plates within days after rolling the equipment into the room.

Thanks to the thousands of customers worldwide who have successfully used Trendsetter CTP's every day for over a decade!