Firing On All Cylinders

With some presses, a plate can still be made in a separate operation and installed on the printing unit in the traditional way. It may even be possible to image a plate on another press unit and move it to the one with the non-functional imaging system.

A cost associated with all types of digital imaging that can get overlooked is the service contract that generally comes with a purchase. Buyers of pressroom equipment may not be accustomed to dealing with such charges, which now are associated with DI/DOP presses to cover the imaging systems.