The three-hours-to-20-minutes claim came from a different plate
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The case that cut plate making from three hours to about 20 minutes used Asahi’s water-washable plate, not FLEXCEL Prime. With Prime, the stage that falls from about 20 minutes to about five is UVC post-processing during plate making.
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The plate-making process cut from three hours to 20 minutes used a different plate. The Robinette Company used Asahi Photoproducts’ AWP-DEW water-washable plate. The first plate was reported at 20 minutes, and subsequent plates at about 15 minutes.…
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