Creating The Image

"We look for the imagesetter market to continue to grow in the four- and eight-page arena through the year 2005," reports Screen's McAlister.

Dry film imagesetting is a technology that in-plants may look to more in the future, says ECRM's Carlson.

"For in-plants...looking to bring film work in-house, dry film imagesetters will allow them to do that without the environmental and logistical issues," Carlson points out. "Also, in the in-plant environment, imagesetting with polyester plates is going to increase in use as it is a low-cost CTP solution."