Firing On All Cylinders

As a result, perhaps the biggest question potential buyers now face is, why spend the money to put imaging systems on every press unit, when a complete set of plates can be made in a single offline CTP system that has a much lower capital cost? Most of the same benefits claimed by direct-to-press systems also can be achieved by adopting offline CTP production, especially if the comparison is made to an automated platesetter and state-of-the-art press.