Imagesetters Fill Important Niche

"Once in a while we go to some close register color work on the Ryobi two-color press, so we go to film on that also, for a better product." Dahl says. "You can hold finer lines on the film, you get better resolutions, and it's a lot easier to get a good run length off metal versus poly."

With polyester, the plant has performed run lengths up to 30,000 but that requires paying good attention. The average run length for its polyester plates is about 5,000.