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Printing & Publishing · Recorded milestone

Computer-to-plate

Recorded year1995

Creo's thermal platesetter, shown at drupa 1995, lasers pages straight onto printing plates with no film; R.R. Donnelley is first to use one.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.