Imagesetters Fill Important Niche

Schrader notes that despite the growing use of digital photography in the design community, Mercury's service materials still largely remain text- and line-art-based. With infrequent printing of halftones, the plant's quality concerns are not the main focus, and most of the work it prints is 120 lpi. For Schrader, this somewhat negated one of the primary benefits of CTP technology: improving quality.