CTP-Is It Right For You?

"The whole point in going CTP is to improve productivity and reduce labor in the process," says Ken Newton, senior vice president of sales and marketing at A.B.Dick.

The main reduction in labor comes from printing the plate directly from the computer after proofing, as opposed to the traditional process of shooting a negative then burning a plate. Even with imagesetters, plates have to be made, incurring at least one extra step—and the additional risk of human error.