A.G. Edwards Makes Investment in Quality

Once the process was ironed out, though, the difference in quality and speed brought by the CTP equipment was remarkable. Registration has been excellent, Weiss says.

"The plates line up beautifully," she says.

And productivity, compared with the cut-and-paste days, is amazing.

"There's an extreme difference in time savings," notes Don Carroll, graphic arts tech. He cites one job, a 20-page internal newsletter called "Inside Quote," that used to require an entire eight-hour shift for plate production.