CTP Why Are You Waiting?

"The reality of CTP today is that you image a plate then do 'stuff' to it, i.e. chemical processing, which by its nature is complicated," he explains. "Printers need to maintain, monitor and replenish chemistry, they need to keep the machine running and stable, and the labor and material costs are intensive. Plus, if something is wrong in the processor, you may not realize it until you are on press."