CSU Long Beach Goes Computer-to-plate

“We can hold a better dot,” he affirms.

The platesetter makes plates for the shop’s three A.B.Dick 9800s—all with T-heads—and its two-color Hamada C248.

The eight-color Epson 4880 provides much more accurate color on proofs than the in-plant’s previous proofers, he says.

A chargeback operation, the in-plant saved its profits for years to purchase the equipment, which totaled about $50,000. Since he had budgeted $75,000, Sternfeld has plans to get a new color copier with the surplus.