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To: SG who wrote (9886)	8/24/1998 10:58:00 AM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11098

Scott, you say specifically: <<Maybe Kodak is having trouble, were you wrong about Kodak plates on the SM-74DI as well. Oh, and the SM-74 will not be for sale until mid-1999. Given that the Scitex machine is the same footprint, how many 74 karats will sell ahead of the Heidelberg.>> According to dotprint, the KBA/Scitex press will be due for commercial delivery at the same time: "The price of the Scitex-KBA 74 Karat digital press will be announced at Ipex, with the first beta site to be known at the same time. That company will receive its machine shortly after the end of the show, with another 12 trial sites due to receive presses ahead of the full commercial launch of the revolutionary press in the middle of next year." It appears that both presses will be available for commercial release at the same time, at least given the current schedule.

To: SG who wrote (9886)	8/24/1998 11:03:00 AM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11098

In addition, you imply that the SM-DI most likely will be designed for using PEARLGold plates. This is in direct contrast to the same article that you site: "Heidelberg and Creo are leaning towards a non-process Kodak plate which should be available before the end of the year. It will be a conventional wet offset plate, but must require no processing. Presstek is closest to the non-process plate with its PearlGold product, a wet offset plate undergoing trials at a limited number of sites. It will work with a broad range of lasers and the waterless offset version will be used on the 74 Karat digital press. Kodak Polychrome Graphics will have an ablation non-process plate ready by the end of this year. Kodak's close association with Heidelberg and Creo will ensure that the plate will have a head start in terms of matching press and plate." Yes, I know that the Kodak plate could still be termed, quite properly, a "vapor plate." Note, however, that the PEARLGold still has not had an official launch yet eithr. And one thing is probably for sure, and that is that Kodak probably has better access to the Creo/Heidelberg prototype than Presstek has.