Re-imageable offset plate launched by Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed a re-imageable offset plate. With the Rewritable Plate System (RPS), the aluminum plate serves as a bed on which a special polymer coating film is applied.  Images are created on the film by direct digital imaging.  After printing, the film is washed from the plate and a new coating film applied, thereby enabling one plate to be used repeatedly. 

Unlike conventional direct imaging (DI) presses, the RPS is a separate offline erasing and writing system.