CTP Why Are You Waiting?

Also offering options to CTP-minded in-plants are software developers such as RIPit Computer Corp. According to the company's advertising director, Steve Willis, printers are able to drive any output device in their plant using its OpenRIP Symphony product.

"This is fantastic for in-plants because one of their biggest problems is to continue operating old equipment as new equipment comes in, causing them to continually invest in new RIPs," says Willis. "The beauty for the in-plant is if they don't have the budget to update an output device, this allows them to drive all of them, and get better results because they get a level three RIP with all the features their older Level two's can't do, such as in-RIP trapping, zone trapping and hybrid screening."