SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULA 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 30, 2000
CREO PRODUCTS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
3700 Gilmore Way
Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5G 4M1
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
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contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Creo Announces World's Top Press Manufacturers Choose
CreoScitex for Digital Offset Printing (DOP)
Vancouver, BC, Canada (May 30, 2000) Creo Products Inc. (NASDAQ - CREO, TSE -
CRE) ("Creo") is pleased to announce that CreoScitex Digital Offset Printing
(DOP) technology is being demonstrated live at Drupa 2000, the world's largest
graphic arts trade show, underway in Dusseldorf, Germany May 18-31, in new DOP
presses manufactured by the world's four largest press manufacturers:
Heidelberg, KBA, Komori, and MAN Roland. Together these four manufacturers
claim approximately 80% of the world market for offset presses. Taking
advantage of advanced imaging technology from CreoScitex, these presses are
able to bring the full quality and versatility of offset printing to the
short-run color market.
A DOP press is an offset printing press equipped with an on-press imaging
system. DOP presses are unlike conventional presses, where images are
transferred to printing plates and then manually transported to the pressroom.
In a DOP workflow, images are transferred as digital files and imaged - just
before printing starts - onto plates already mounted on the press cylinders.
This streamlines print shop operations, facilitates content changes at the
last possible moment, and allows jobs to be turned around quickly and
reliably.
Working closely with several press partners, CreoScitex has achieved the same
high image quality with DOP that has made CreoScitex platesetters the standard
in the graphics arts industry. The outstanding print quality and full
versatility that has made offset printing the long-time preference of print
buyers is now economic at run lengths of just 500 sheets. Today, DOP presses
- enabled by CreoScitex imaging systems - make it possible to specify a full
range of
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paper stocks, spot colors and finishing options for short-run jobs
that were previously subject to the limitations of xerographic printing.
CreoScitex also builds the world's fastest on-press imaging systems - plates
mounted on all the print units of a full-size, 8-page press can be imaged in
under 4 minutes at full resolution. Further productivity is achieved through
integration with the industry-leading Brisque(TM) and Prinergy(TM) workflows.
DOP presses with CreoScitex-supplied imaging systems being demonstrated live
at Drupa include the Heidelberg Speedmaster 74 DI, the 74 Karat, the Komori
Project D and the MAN Roland DICOweb. The Speedmaster 74 DI is already
achieving early commercial success and is available with up to 6 colors,
perfecting and varnishing. Focused on operating simplicity, the 74 Karat can
be easily adopted by printers with limited offset experience, allowing
established digital printers to upgrade to the popular 4-page format. Komori
has brought DOP to the 8-page market with its Project D, opening up entire new
short-run color markets, and the innovative DICOweb is already being installed
at a customer site where it will lead the next revolution in offset presses -
plateless printing.
Holding a number of patents fundamental to switchable coating application on
press, CreoScitex has also started work with several press manufacturers to
realize its own version of plateless offset printing. The CreoScitex SP(TM)
process involves spraying a switchable lithographic media onto a reusable
substrate, which is mounted on the plate cylinder of the press. Immediately
after the media is applied to the cylinder, it is imaged as a regular plate
would be with CreoScitex SQUAREspot(TM) thermal imaging technology. At the
end of the print run, the substrate is cleaned and the plate cylinder is then
ready for the spray application of fresh media for the next print job. All of
this is achieved on press, without the use of conventional printing plates.
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The SP process enables fast turnaround and allows printing without the hassle
of printing plates.
Working with the world's largest and most innovative press manufacturers,
CreoScitex will continue to set the standard for new digital technologies in the
press room.
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products are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Creo Products Inc.
or Scitex Corporation Ltd.
