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Techkon SpectroPlate START – CTP Plate Meter / Digital Microscope

The Techkon SpectroPlate START is a high-end CTP plate measuring device combined with a powerful digital microscope. It is widely used in professional prepress environments and by service engineers for high-precision measurements. This unit is complete, clean, and ready for immediate use.

🟦 Primary Application: CTP Plate & Print Measurements

SpectroPlate START is designed for precise raster and dot analysis on:

CTP printing plates
Printed paper

Typical measurements include:

Halftone dot size and shape
Dot percentage (screen value)
Raster geometry and consistency

This makes it an excellent tool for CTP calibration, quality control, and process optimization.

🔬 Secondary Application: Precision Digital Microscope (Engineering Use)

Beyond printing applications, the SpectroPlate is also a very capable digital microscope for various engineering and service tasks.

👉 In our own practice: We successfully used the SpectroPlate for geometry setup (BOW and linearity) on Creo/Scitex Dolev800 imagesetters. These procedures require dozens of highly precise measurements in microns, and the SpectroPlate proved to be accurate, stable, and extremely convenient for this purpose!

This makes it suitable not only for printing, but also for:

Service and maintenance work
Precision alignment tasks
Field measurements requiring portability

🖥️ Outstanding Software

One of the strongest features of the SpectroPlate START is its advanced software (TECHKON Spectro Connect 2.9 ), which is available for FREE with no hardware dongle required:

Live full-color microscope images displayed directly on your computer.
Measurement points selected easily with a computer mouse.
Visual geometry data: Measurements are displayed visually as triangles, with exact micron values shown for each side.
Extremely intuitive and fast workflow for complex measurement tasks.

This software-driven approach is far more user-friendly and powerful than traditional standalone plate readers.

🌟 Why Techkon SpectroPlate?

✔ Considered by many professionals as the best CTP plate meter on the market.
✔ Also serves as an excellent portable / field digital microscope.
✔ Calibrated and tested with FMB - FOGRA Measuring Bar for CtP offset Plates, V 1.2
✔ Upgraded Battery: The device comes equipped with a new Panasonic Eneloop rechargeable battery pack (1900 mAh, rated for up to 2100 cycles) for long standalone operating time.
✔ Includes a 100-240V Power Supply/Charger with three international adapters (EU, UK, and US).
✔ Ideal for both printing professionals and service engineers.

📸 Actual Product Photos

The first image in this listing shows everything the buyer will receive.

Please note: The FMB - FOGRA KIT shown in some of the photos is for demonstration purposes only and is not included in this sale.

🚚 Shipping & Logistics
Worldwide shipping available.
European Union: Fast delivery via DPD or UPS (typically 5–7 business days).
International air shipping: Devices with batteries shipped outside the EU are sent via UPS only due to aviation safety regulations. Please select UPS as the shipping method.
Business Buyers from the European Union : We support Intra-Community (0% VAT) transactions. Please provide your VAT ID via “Make Offer” comment or direct message before purchase.
Central & South America (LATAM): En muchos casos, el envío directo mediante UPS es más rápido y estable que el uso de empresas de forwarding en EE.UU. Para facilitar y acelerar la aduana en su país, por favor proporcione su NIT/RUC.

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