Handy tip: never ever touch the ImagOn emulsion with your bare fingertips. I know this advice seems obvious, but it is easy to do and it will ruin your plate. In the picture below, I touched the ImagOn before printing and the fingerprint still showed up. Normally one shouldn’t be touching the emulsion at all. This was one of the plates that I burned with the hair dryer, so I had to peel the protective plastic off before inserting the plate into the carrier for printing. When I inserted the plate, I pressed down on it to stick it against the adhesive in the carrier. My recommendation is to avoid burning your plate so that the protective plastic is easy to remove and can be removed after inserting the plate into the carrier.