Xitron develops interface for popular Fujifilm CTP engines

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Xitron has completed field testing of a new USB-SCSI interface designed for Fujifilm CTP engines. The interface is available for immediate shipment worldwide.

‘This is an important development for XMF users driving Luxel platesetters,’ said Karen Crews, president of Xitron. ‘We know that many have been restricted from moving up to Windows 7 and Windows 10 64 bit environments due to SCSI driver issues. Past solutions were workable, but were not able to drive the platesetters at full rated speed, which seemed like a step backward.’

The interface is easily integrated into XMF and Gateway software distributed by Fujifilm and its dealers worldwide. Driver installation and configuration takes only a few minutes and the B1 platesetters are able to output full size plates with no delay in rated throughput. Several Fujifilm offices participated in the field testing prior to release.

Supporting the Vx9600, V9600, Vx6000, V-8, Luxel News, and FFEI Alinte engines, Xitron has now completed support for virtually every Fujifilm platesetter model in use today. ‘The Luxel family of engines were the last Fujifilm CTP devices in our development plan as our other USB interfaces support the majority of the product line,’ said Karen. ‘I am extremely proud of our engineering team’s efforts to get this project completed, and grateful for Fujifilm’s participation in the testing.’